Death & Dying
Epitaph on Caxton
From Tiresias and Other Poems (1885)
Death & Dying
THY prayer was 'Light—more Light— while Time shall last!'
Thou sawest a glory growing on the night,
But not the shadows which that light would cast,
Till shadows vanish in the Light of Light.
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MLA
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Epitaph on Caxton.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/402/.
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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Epitaph on Caxton.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/402/.
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