Death & Dying
The Bubble
From Poems (1894)
Death & Dying
Why should I stay? Nor seed nor fruit have I,
But, sprung at once to beauty's perfect round,
Nor loss, nor gain, nor change in me is found, —
A life-complete in death-complete to die.
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MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “The Bubble.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/86/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “The Bubble.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/86/.
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