Death & Dying
I saw the Sibyl at Cumae
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Death & Dying
"I saw the Sibyl at Cumae"
(One said) "with mine own eye.
She hung in a cage, and read her rune
To all the passers-by.
Said the boys, ' What wouldst thou, Sibyl?'
She answered, ' I would die.'"
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MLA
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “I saw the Sibyl at Cumae.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/235/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “I saw the Sibyl at Cumae.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/235/.
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