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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEATH IN LIFE, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: He always said he would retire
Last Line: He found he had already died
Subject(s): Carpe Diem;death; "dead, The;
First Line: He always said he would retire
Last Line: He found he had already died
Subject(s): Carpe Diem;death; "dead, The;
He always said he would retire
When he had made a million clear,
And so he toiled into the dusk
From day to day, from year to year.
At last he put his ledgers up
And laid his stock reports aside—
But when he started out to live
He found he had already died.
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