Death & Dying
Fragment: Old age, 'the shape and messenger of Death,'
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
Death & Dying
Old age, 'the shape and messenger of Death,'
'His wither'd Fist still knocking at Death's door.'
'His wither'd fist stil knocking at deathes dore,
Tumbling and driveling as he drawes his breth;
For briefe, the shape and messenger of death.'
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: Old age, 'the shape and messenger of Death,'.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/393/.
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Fragment: Old age, 'the shape and messenger of Death,'.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/393/.
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