Death & Dying
The Term of Death
From An American Anthology, 1787–1900 (1900)
Death & Dying
Between the falling leaf and rose-bud's breath;
The bird's forsaken nest and her new song
(And this is all the time there is for Death);
The worm and butterfly--it is not long!
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MLA
Piatt, Sarah Morgan Bryan. “The Term of Death.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/piatt_sm/9/.
Chicago
Piatt, Sarah Morgan Bryan. “The Term of Death.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/piatt_sm/9/.
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