Living
Decline of Life
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
How calm, O life, is thy decline!
Ah! it is only when the sun
His hot and headstrong course hath run,
Heaven's guiding stars serenely shine.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Decline of Life.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/822/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Decline of Life.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/822/.
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