Death & Dying
XX
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 1
Death & Dying
"I heard," the poet said, "thy voice
As dimly as thy breath:
The sound was like the noise of life
To one anear his death,--
Or of waves that fail to stir the pale
Sere leaf they roll beneath.
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