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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THREE YEARS, by PETER TUCCI
First Line: There's weeping in my heart tonight
Last Line: As just six feet of earth.
Subject(s): Death; Hearts; Tears; Dead, The
First Line: There's weeping in my heart tonight
Last Line: As just six feet of earth.
Subject(s): Death; Hearts; Tears; Dead, The
There's weeping in my heart tonight,
A weeping three years long;
Three years she lies past sight and sound
Six feet beneath the throng.
Thereunder lies what once was best
In all the world's wide girth;
The world's not half so wide and deep
As just six feet of earth.
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