Death & Dying
De Cœnatione Micæ
From New Poems (1918)
Death & Dying
LOOK round: You see a little supper room;
But from my window, lo! great Cæsar’s tomb!
And the great dead themselves, with jovial breath
Bid you be merry and remember death.
Cite this poem
MLA
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “De Cœnatione Micæ.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/280/.
Chicago
Stevenson, Robert Louis. “De Cœnatione Micæ.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/280/.
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