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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COME NOT IN BLACK, by NAOMI REYNOLDS
First Line: Come not in black when you say, 'farewell
Last Line: I shall choose to remember you.
Subject(s): Farewell; Parting
First Line: Come not in black when you say, 'farewell
Last Line: I shall choose to remember you.
Subject(s): Farewell; Parting
Come not in black when you say, "Farewell,"
Come in a nebulous blue.
That is the way in the coming years
I shall choose to remember you.
Bring me no flowers warped into wreaths.
Bring me a rose or two.
By such a gift in the coming years
I shall choose to remember you.
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