Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.
RequiescatOscar Wilde (18541900)
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Under the snow.
Speak gently, she can hear
The daisies grow.
Tarnished with rust,
She that was young and fair
Fallen to dust.
She hardly knew
She was a woman, so
Sweetly she grew.
Lie on her breast,
I vex my heart alone,
She is at rest.
Lyre or sonnet,
All my life’s buried here,
Heap earth upon it.