Death & Dying
Love and Death
From My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889)
Death & Dying
This butterfly of human breath,
Is followed far and fast by Death;
Some flower of life it settled on
He clasps and crushes, but — 'tis gone.
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Codex Note
From the section "Poems for Christie" of My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889).
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Massey, Gerald. “Love and Death.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/181/.
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Massey, Gerald. “Love and Death.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/181/.
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