Death & Dying
XIII
From Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Death & Dying
Some in the background then I saw,
Sweet women, youths, men, all incredulous,
Who chimed as one: “This figure is of straw,
This requiem mockery! Still he lives to us!”
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Hardy, Thomas. “XIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/21/.
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