Death & Dying
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From Songs Before Sunrise
Death & Dying
Freeman he is not, but slave,
Whoso in fear for the State
Cries for surety of blood,
Help of gibbet and grave;
Neither is any land great
Whom, in her fear-stricken mood,
These things only can save.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “X.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/616/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “X.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/616/.
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