Death & Dying
To the Oaks of Glencree
Death & Dying
My arms are round you, and I lean
Against you, while the lark
Sings over us, and golden lights, and green
Shadows are on your bark.
There'll come a season when you'll stretch
Black boards to cover me;
Then in Mount Jerome I will lie, poor wretch,
With worms eternally.
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MLA
Synge, J. M. “To the Oaks of Glencree.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/synge/1/.
Chicago
Synge, J. M. “To the Oaks of Glencree.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/synge/1/.
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