Poem by Digby Mackworth Dolben

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I, living, drew thee from the vale
 Parnassus' height to climb with me.
I, dying, bid thee turn, and scale
 Alone the hill of Calvary.

1. Requests
2. Methought, through Many Years and Lands
3. Dinae Munusculum
4. Homo Factus Est
5. There Was One Who Walked in Shadow

Sylvia Plath Last Words ("I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus")

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