Death & Dying
Beautiful Lie the Dead
Death & Dying
Beautiful lie the dead;
Clear comes each feature;
Satisfied not to be,
Strangely contented.
Like ships, the anchor dropped,
Furled every sail is;
Mirrored with all their masts
In a deep water.
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MLA
Phillips, Stephen. “Beautiful Lie the Dead.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/phillips_s/0/.
Chicago
Phillips, Stephen. “Beautiful Lie the Dead.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/phillips_s/0/.
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