Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO COWARD'S SONG, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER Poet's Biography First Line: I am afraid to think about my death Last Line: A living mouse than dead as a man dies. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
I am afraid to think about my death, When it shall be, and whether in great pain I shall rise up and fight the air for breath Or calmly wait the bursting of my brain. I am no coward who could seek in fear A folk-lore solace or sweet Indian tales: I know dead men are deaf and cannot hear The singing of a thousand nightingales. I know dead men are blind and cannot see The friend that shuts in horror their big eyes, And they are witless -- O, I'd rather be A living mouse than dead as a man dies. | 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 SANTORIN (A LEGEND OF THE AEGEAN) by JAMES ELROY FLECKER |
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