Poems Ancient and Modern

Poems Ancient and Modern

Today’s Poem: Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady

The long fun’rals blacken all the way

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Joseph Bottum
Jan 31, 2025
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Wilhelm Kotarbiński, Tomb of a Suicide, c. 1900 (Wikimedia Commons)
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