The Mind
I Strove with None
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I strove with none, for none was worth my strife.
Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art;
I warmed both hands before the fire of Life;
It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
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Codex Note
Landor's best-known epigram, written near the end of his long life and often reprinted as “Finis.”
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “I Strove with None.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/24/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “I Strove with None.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/24/.
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