Death is stronger than all the governments because the governments are men and men die and then death laughs: Now you see 'em, now you don't. Death is stronger than all proud men and so death snips proud men on the nose, throws a pair of dice and says: Read 'em and weep. Death sends a radiogram every day: When I want you I'll drop in -- and then one day he comes with a master-key and lets himself in and says: We'll go now. Death is a nurse mother with big arms: 'Twont hurt you at all; it's your time now; you just need a long sleep, child; what have you had anyhow better than sleep? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FEAST OF LIGHTS by EMMA LAZARUS THE FAIREST THING IN MORTAL EYES by CHARLES D'ORLEANS THE GOOD SHEPHERD by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO THE WIRES by ALEXANDER ANDERSON WAR DEAD by PATRICK JOHN MCALISTER ANDERSON |