Death & Dying
A Serving Man's Epitaph
From Ionica (1905)
Death & Dying
A slave--oh yes, a slave!
But in a freeman's grave.
By thee, when work was done,
Timanthes, foster-son,
By thee whom I obeyed,
My master, I was laid.
Live long, from trouble free;
But if thou com'st to me,
Paying to age thy debt,
Thine am I, master, yet.
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MLA
Cory, William Johnson. “A Serving Man's Epitaph.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cory/76/.
Chicago
Cory, William Johnson. “A Serving Man's Epitaph.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cory/76/.
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