Living
Alas! 'Tis Very Sad to Hear
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Alas! 'tis very sad to hear,
Your and your Muse's end draws near:
I only wish, if this be true,
To lie a little way from you.
The grave is cold enough for me
Without you and your poetry.
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Alas! 'Tis Very Sad to Hear.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/569/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Alas! 'Tis Very Sad to Hear.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/569/.
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