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Caroling Dusk/Requiem

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John Frederick Matheus4742078Caroling Dusk — Requiem1927Countee Cullen

REQUIEM

She wears, my beloved, a rose upon her head.Walk softly angels, lest your gentle treadAwake her to the turmoil and the strife,The dissonance and hates called life.
She sleeps, my beloved, a rose upon her head.Who says she will not hear, that she is dead?The rose will fade and lose its lovely hue,But not, my beloved, will fading wither you.