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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE SONNET, by GEORGE HENRY BOKER Poet's Biography
First Line: The leaden eyelids of wan twilight close
Last Line: Fast to the grave beneath; my heart takes flight, %to that lone yew, and cowers under it
Subject(s): Love
First Line: The leaden eyelids of wan twilight close
Last Line: Fast to the grave beneath; my heart takes flight, %to that lone yew, and cowers under it
Subject(s): Love
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