Death & Dying
The death knell is ringing
From Complete Poetical Works, Oxford ed. Hutchinson (1914)
Death & Dying
The death knell is ringing
The raven is singing
The earth worm is creeping
The mourners are weeping
Ding dong, bell—
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Codex Note
Written 1821. Published 1903.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “The death knell is ringing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/212/.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “The death knell is ringing.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/212/.
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