Death & Dying
Tertius Miles
From Poems & Ballads (First Series)
Death & Dying
Lo, sirs, this word is there said,
That Urias the knight is dead
Through some ill craft; by Poulis head,
I doubt his blood hath made so red
This bird that flew from the queen's bed
Whereof ye have such fear.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Tertius Miles.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/538/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Tertius Miles.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/538/.
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