Death & Dying
Sleep and His Brother Death
From An American Anthology (1900)
Death & Dying
Just ere the darkness is withdrawn,
In seasons of cold or heat,
Close to the boundary line of Dawn
These mystical brothers meet.
They clasp their weird and shadowy hands,
As they listen each to each,
But never a mortal understands
Their strange immortal speech.
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MLA
Hayne, William Hamilton. “Sleep and His Brother Death.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hayne_wh/8/.
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Hayne, William Hamilton. “Sleep and His Brother Death.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hayne_wh/8/.
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