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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE SHADOWS: 5, by DAVID GRAY (1838-1861) Poet's Biography
First Line: Last night, on coughing slightly with sharp pain
Last Line: Forgetting that to abolish death christ died.
Subject(s): Sickness; Illness
First Line: Last night, on coughing slightly with sharp pain
Last Line: Forgetting that to abolish death christ died.
Subject(s): Sickness; Illness
Last night, on coughing slightly with sharp pain,
There came arterial blood, and with a sigh
Of absolute grief I cried in bitter vein,
That drop is my death-warrant: I must die.
Poor meagre life is mine, meagre and poor!
Rather a piece of childhood thrown away;
An adumbration faint; the overture
To stifled music; year that ends in May;
The sweet beginning of a tale unknown;
A dream unspoken; promise unfulfilled;
A morning with no noon, a rose unblown, --
All its deep rich vermilion crushed and killed
I' th' bud by frost: -- Thus in false fear I cried,
Forgetting that to abolish death Christ died.
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