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Would You Trust a Yellow Rose?

The ramblings of a yellow rose,
What are they, do you suppose?
And is there any sense in prose,
When written by a rambling rose?

     And does it have a single purpose,
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Categories: surplice, allegoryyellow,
Form: Couplet

The Burial, Translation of Paul Verlaine's Sonnet: L'Enterrement

The Burial, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s sonnet : L’Enterrement

I know nothing as gay as a burial !
The grave-digger who sings with his pickaxe in bright thrill
The church bells from afar reverberating with their svelte trille
The...

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Categories: surplice, funeral,
Form: Sonnet