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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EPITAPH, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: When sunday tidings from the front
Last Line: And priest and people borrowed of her cheer.
Subject(s): American Civil War; U.s. - History
First Line: When sunday tidings from the front
Last Line: And priest and people borrowed of her cheer.
Subject(s): American Civil War; U.s. - History
When Sunday tidings from the front
Made pale the priest and people,
And heavily the blessing went,
And bells were dumb in the steeple;
The Soldier's widow (summering sweetly here,
In shade by waving beeches lent)
Felt deep at heart her faith content,
And priest and people borrowed of her cheer.
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