Death & Dying

After

by Lizette Woodworth Reese 1856–1935

From The Home Book of Verse, ed. Burton Stevenson (1912)

Death & Dying

Oh, the littles that remain!
Scent of mint out in the lane;
Flare of window, sound of bees; —
These, but these.

Three times sitting down to bread;
One time climbing up to bed;
Table-setting o'er and o'er;
Drying herbs for winter's store;
This thing; that thing; — nothing more.

But just now out in the lane,
Oh, the scent of mint was plain!

MLA

Reese, Lizette Woodworth. “After.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/reese/20/.

Chicago

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