Death & Dying
XLII
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 2
Death & Dying
"Give smoother answers, lying page,
Or perish in the lying!"--
"I trow that if the warrior brand
Beside my foot, were in my hand,
'T were better at replying!"
They cursed her deep, they smote her low,
They cleft her golden ringlets through;
The Loving is the Dying.
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