Living
Here Stands a Civil Man, John Hickes
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Here stands a civil man, John Hickes,
Waiting, he says, to cross the Styx.
Check that dog's treble-bass, O Charon!
Take him, and lay the lightest fare on.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Here Stands a Civil Man, John Hickes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/605/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Here Stands a Civil Man, John Hickes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/605/.
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