DEATH

poetry

DEATH;

pieta 2

COME SOFTLY TO MY BOSOM NOW

YOUR JOURNEY DONE

YOUR KINGDOM COME

COME SOFTLY TO MY BOSOM NOW

COME REST YOUR HEAD WHERE ONCE YOU LAID IT

FRIGHTENED BY A MIDNIGHT DREAM

COME REST YOUR HEAD AGAIN MY SON

OH LET US BE LET US BE

ALONE IN EACH OTHERS COMPANY

THAT I MIGHT IN PLACE OF BLOODY FACE

REMEMBER MY CHILD OF GRACE

IN PLACE OF PIERCED HANDS LET ME SEE

THOSE THAT FLOWERS PICKED FOR ME

AND FEET THAT A THOUSAND ERRANDS RAN

OH LET US BE

COME SOFTLY TO MY BOSOM SON

  1. a. vollmer

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