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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VARIATION ON BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: ASPATIA'S SONG, by THOMAS STURGE MOORE Poet's Biography
First Line: Lay a garland on my grave
Last Line: Lightly, gentle earth!
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Dramatists; Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Graves; Plays & Playwrights; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: Lay a garland on my grave
Last Line: Lightly, gentle earth!
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Dramatists; Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Graves; Plays & Playwrights; Tombs; Tombstones
Lay a garland on my grave
Of the dismal yew!
Dig it where the willows wave,
For I died true!
My love was false, but steadfast!
Through suffering as in mirth. --
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth!
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