Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Dirge Over A Nameless Grave Comments

Rating: ★2.8

By yon still river, where the wave
Is winding slow at evening's close,
The beech, upon a nameless grave,
Its sadly-moving shadow throws.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
farewell funeral woods
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Michael Walker 23 February 2020

A situation like an unwanted arranged marriage, which turned out tragically for the woman, who lies in the unnamed grave, mourned only by her elderly father. A magical poem to me.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Portland, Maine
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Portland, Maine
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