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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEATH OF MADAME ROLAND, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Genius and virtue! Dismal was the dearth
Last Line: There was but one great soul, and that had flown.
Subject(s): Roland, Jeanne-marie (1754-1793)
First Line: Genius and virtue! Dismal was the dearth
Last Line: There was but one great soul, and that had flown.
Subject(s): Roland, Jeanne-marie (1754-1793)
Genius and Virtue! dismal was the dearth
Ye saw throughout all France when ye lookt down.
In the wide waste of blood-besprinkled earth,
There was but one great soul, and that had flown.
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