Death & Dying

Her eyes are bluebells now, her voice a bird

by Richard Le Gallienne 1866–1947

From The Lonely Dancer (1913)

Death & Dying

Her eyes are bluebells now, her voice a bird,
And the long sighing grass her elegy;
She who a woman was is now a star
In the high heaven shining down on me.

MLA

Gallienne, Richard Le. “Her eyes are bluebells now, her voice a bird.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/143/.

Chicago

Gallienne, Richard Le. “Her eyes are bluebells now, her voice a bird.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/143/.

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