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Robert Fuller Murray (1863-1894)

Requiem


              1For thee the birds shall never sing again,
              2    Nor fresh green leaves come out upon the tree,
              3The brook shall no more murmur the refrain
              4        For thee.

              5Thou liest underneath the windswept lea,
              6    Thou dreamest not of pleasure or of pain,
              7Thou dreadest no to-morrow that shall be.

              8Deep rest is thine, unbroken by the rain,
              9    Ay, or the thunder. Brother, canst thou see
            10The tears that night and morning fall in vain
            11        For thee?

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Original text: Robert F. Murray: his Poems, with a memoir by Andrew Lang (London: Longmans, Green, 1894): 89. PR 5101 M5A6 1894 Robarts Library
First publication date: 1894
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: 2001
Recent editing: 1:2002/10/5

Rhyme: abab bab abab

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