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Death-Watches.

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The Spring spreads one green lap of flowers     Which Autumn buries at the fall,     No chilling showers of Autumn hours     Can stay them or recall;     Winds sing a dirge, while earth lays out of sight     Her garment of delight.     The cloven East brings forth the sun,     The cloven West doth bury him     What time his gorgeous race is run     And all the world grows dim;     A funeral moon is lit in heaven's hollow,     And pale the star-lights follow.

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"The Spring spreads one green lap of flowers..."

This evocative piece by Christina Georgina Rossetti, titled "Death-Watches.", represents a masterful exploration of classic. The lines capture a profound emotional resonance... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

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