Death & Dying
Lydia H. Sigourney
From At Sundown
Death & Dying
She sang alone, ere womanhood had known
The gift of song which fills the air to-day
Tender and sweet, a music all her own
May fitly linger where she knelt to pray.
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MLA
Whittier, John Greenleaf. “Lydia H. Sigourney.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whittier/452/.
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Whittier, John Greenleaf. “Lydia H. Sigourney.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whittier/452/.
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