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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KINDLY DEATH, by GRACE BROWN PUTNAM Poet's Biography
First Line: Death touched her, not decay
Last Line: And closed her eyes a while.
Subject(s): Death; Love; Relationships; Rest; Silence; Dead, The
First Line: Death touched her, not decay
Last Line: And closed her eyes a while.
Subject(s): Death; Love; Relationships; Rest; Silence; Dead, The
Death touched her, not decay,
Nor yet the wastage of the years;
Death's was the gentler way,
I owned it through my tears.
Death did not mar her rounded cheek
Nor change her lovely smile;
He only said, "She may not speak,"
And closed her eyes a while.
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