Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUICIDE, by J. S. LINNELL


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SUICIDE, by                    
First Line: So the candle longs to burn
Last Line: Seeking death and deadman's ease.
Subject(s): Suicide


SO the candle longs to burn
To its socket quite away;
So the giddy wind would turn
And the blossom of the may
'Stonish yet -- then dying fall.
Bees pile up a miser wealth;
Cricket, grating on the wall,
Wears out life -- with masking stealth,
Decrepit labour, racking wheeze
Seeking death and deadman's ease.





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