Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SENTIMENT, by THOMAS CHATTERTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since we can die but once, what matters it Last Line: All to one common dissolution tends. Subject(s): Pain; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
SINCE we can die but once, what matters it If rope or garter, poison, pistol, sword, Slow-wasting sickness, or the sudden burst Of valve arterial in the noble parts, Curtail the miseries of human life? Though varied is the cause, the effect's the same: All to one common dissolution tends. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR AELLA: MINSTREL'S MARRIAGE-SONG by THOMAS CHATTERTON |
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