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I Have a Rendezvous with Death

Finish the lines from this famous poem by Alan Seeger. The rhyme scheme is given at the side.
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Last updated: August 15, 2022
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A
I have a rendezvous with Death
B
At some disputed barricade,
B
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
C
And apple-blossoms fill the air
A
I have a rendezvous with Death
C
When Spring brings back blue days and fair.
 
 
D
It may be he shall take my hand
D
And lead me into his dark land
A
And close my eyes and quench my breath
E
It may be I shall pass him still.
A
I have a rendezvous with Death
E
On some scarred slope of battered hill,
F
When Spring comes round again this year
F
And the first meadow-flowers appear.
 
 
G
God knows 'twere better to be deep
H
Pillowed in silk and scented down,
G
Where Love throbs out in blissful sleep,
A
Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath,
F
Where hushed awakenings are dear ...
A
But I've a rendezvous with Death
H
At midnight in some flaming town,
F
When Spring trips north again this year,
I
And I to my pledged word am true,
I
I shall not fail that rendezvous.
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