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TWO QUATRAINS: 2 by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: WE SHRIEK TO LIVE, BUT NO MAN EVER LIVES
Last Line: TILL HE HAS QUIT THE ROAD THAT RUNS TO DEATH.

We shriek to live, but no man ever lives
Till he has rid the ghost of human breath;
We dream to die, but no man ever dies
Till he has quit the road that runs to death.




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