Death & Dying
On the Death of Southey
From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)
Death & Dying
Not the last struggles of the Sun,
Precipitated from his golden throne,
Hold darkling mortals in sublime suspense;
But the calm exod of a man
Nearer, tho' far above, who ran
The race we run, when Heaven recalls him hence.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “On the Death of Southey.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/51/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “On the Death of Southey.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/51/.
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