Death & Dying
X
From A Channel Passage and Other Poems
Death & Dying
Nay, whence is it then that we know it,
What wages were theirs, and what fame?
Deep voices of prophet and poet
Bear record against them of shame.
Death, starker and darker
Than seals the graveyard grate,
Entombs them and dooms them
To darkness deep as fate.
Cite this poem
MLA
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “X.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/339/.
Chicago
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “X.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/339/.
Read this poem with the Codex →