Death & Dying
Death at Daybreak
From An American Anthology, 1787–1900 (1900)
Death & Dying
I shall go out when the light comes in--
There lie my cast-off form and face;
I shall pass Dawn on her way to earth,
As I seek for a path through space.
I shall go out when the light comes in;
Would I might take one ray with me!
It is blackest night between the worlds,
And how is a soul to see?
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MLA
Aldrich, Anne Reeve. “Death at Daybreak.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/aldrich_ar/9/.
Chicago
Aldrich, Anne Reeve. “Death at Daybreak.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/aldrich_ar/9/.
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