Death & Dying
On two days it steads not to run from thy grave
From Quatrains and Translations
Death & Dying
On two days it steads not to run from thy grave,
The appointed, and the unappointed day;
On the first, neither balm nor physician can save,
Nor thee, on the second, the Universe slay.
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Codex Note
Translated by Emerson from Ali Ben Abu Taleb
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MLA
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “On two days it steads not to run from thy grave.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/220/.
Chicago
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “On two days it steads not to run from thy grave.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/emerson/220/.
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