Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHAMBER OF NO LIGHT, by GARNET HAMRICK



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CHAMBER OF NO LIGHT, by                    
First Line: When dust sinks back to dust
Last Line: That pass into earth's nothingness.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


When dust sinks back to dust
And life goes blind with night,
The soul will find eternity
In answer to its ageless cry.
But, oh, the tragic bitterness!
To know that this poor body's wail
Must die unheard against
The howling dark of death,
And lose its glow with things
That pass into earth's nothingness.





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