Death & Dying
XLVII
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 2
Death & Dying
In her utmost lightness there is truth--and often she speaks lightly,
Has a grace in being gay which even mournful souls approve,
For the root of some grave earnest thought is understruck so rightly
As to justify the foliage and the waving flowers above.
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