Death & Dying
L'envoy
From Poems & Ballads (First Series)
Death & Dying
Princes, and ye whom pleasure quickeneth,
Heed well this rhyme before your pleasure tire;
For life is sweet, but after life is death.
This is the end of every man's desire.
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MLA
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “L'envoy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/518/.
Chicago
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “L'envoy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/518/.
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