ASSURED that you are doomed to die, do as your passions crave, Rejoicing in good cheer: you'll find no profit in the grave: For I am ash who once was king of Nineveh the brave: All that I ate or drank or learned of love's delights, I have: But of my rich possessions no penny could I save. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST THE REST OF THE YEAR by JAMES GALVIN JEALOUSY by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE SIC VITA by HENRY DAVID THOREAU CAROLINA [JANUARY, 1865] by HENRY TIMROD THE TRAGEDY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH A WINTRY LULLABY by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA |