Death & Dying
To a Comrade
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Death & Dying
He said, "Now I shall go to sleep," and died.
Ah ! brother, when shall we rest side by side?
O God, O God, the duty is too hard
Ever, on every hand. Thy citadel to guard !
Yet, comrade, life is to be loved, and love !
Will not these two remain when all remove ?
However deep the abysses that divide.
However roars between the sundering tide !
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Codex Note
The epigraph is Byron's last words.
Cite this poem
MLA
Noel, Roden. “To a Comrade.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/noel_r/192/.
Chicago
Noel, Roden. “To a Comrade.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/noel_r/192/.
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