Author: W. J. S.

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• C. S. Calverley (1)
  • IN: Complete Works (1901) Poetry, British
    EPIGRAPH: It was not, to restore thy flickering breath, Or hold thee back, just nearing towards the Light, But - whilst that Sun of Life, whom we name Death, Rose on thy closing, or thy opening sight-- To catch some whisper of thy new delight, Some earnest of thy fainting soul's surprise, And see the radiance quickening through the veil Of palsied speech and leaden-lidded eyes,-- That we, bright Spirit! who stood and watched thee fail And sink, and pass through gloom and utter night, One instant, and no more, would fain have stayed thy flight!
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