Death & Dying
Requiem I
From Severn & Somme (1917)
Death & Dying
Pour out your light, O stars, and do not hold
Your loveliest shining from earth’s outworn shell--
Pure and cold your radiance, pure and cold
My dead friend’s face as well.
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MLA
Gurney, Ivor. “Requiem I.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gurney/73/.
Chicago
Gurney, Ivor. “Requiem I.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gurney/73/.
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