Living
Ashes
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Under the grate the ashes lie
Until the dustman passes by:
Does it occur to young or old
These ashes were not always cold?
They are the same that shone so bright
And warm'd so many but last night;
They may even now some thought suggest,
Some simile . . but let it rest.
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Ashes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/821/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “Ashes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/821/.
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