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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A LADY RECOVERED FROM A DANGEROUS SICKNESS, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Life plucks thee back as by the golden hair
Last Line: Ev'n such a prey as thou!
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Sickness; Illness
First Line: Life plucks thee back as by the golden hair
Last Line: Ev'n such a prey as thou!
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Sickness; Illness
LIFE plucks thee back as by the golden hair --
Life, who had feigned to let thee go but now.
Ah, wealthy is Death already, and can spare
Ev'n such a prey as thou!
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