History & Politics
Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXXVI
From Poems — Volume 3
History & Politics
Her end was beautiful: one sigh.
She jumped a foot when it was nigh.
A lily in a linen clout
She looked when they had laid her out.
It is a lily-light she bears
For England up the ladder-stairs.
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MLA
Meredith, George. “Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXXVI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/194/.
Chicago
Meredith, George. “Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXXVI.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/194/.
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