Death & Dying
Dirge
From Verse (1915)
Death & Dying
Never the nightingale,
Oh, my dear,
Never again the lark
Thou wilt hear;
Though dusk and the morning still
Tap at thy window-sill,
Though ever love call and call
Thou wilt not hear at all,
My dear, my dear.
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MLA
Crapsey, Adelaide. “Dirge.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crapsey/7/.
Chicago
Crapsey, Adelaide. “Dirge.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crapsey/7/.
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