Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DYING SPEECH OF AN OLD PHILOSOPHER, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I strove with none, for none was worth my strife Last Line: It sinks, and I am ready to depart. Variant Title(s): Fire Of Life;the Dying Fire;the End;epigram;finis;introduction To The Last Fruit Off Old Tree;envoi;on His Seventy-fifth Birthday;farewell;on Himself Subject(s): Death; Life Change Events; Old Age; Dead, The | ||||||||
I strove with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature I love, and next to Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life, -- It sinks, and I am ready to depart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A FIESOLAN IDYL by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR |
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