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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PURCHASE, by RUTH D. MCGINNIS
First Line: It's better to have loved and lost'
Last Line: Of a heart-shaped memory coffin!
Subject(s): Coffins
First Line: It's better to have loved and lost'
Last Line: Of a heart-shaped memory coffin!
Subject(s): Coffins
"It's better to have loved and lost ..."
Were "quotes" I used too often.
I hadn't reckoned up the cost,
Of a heart-shaped memory coffin!
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TO THE ROCK THAT WILL BE A CORNERSTONE OF THE HOUSE by ROBINSON JEFFERS