Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A DIALOGUE: 3., by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE


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First Line: Death, if thou be or be not, as was said
Last Line: Death, if thou be.
Subject(s): Death; Roundels; Dead, The


Death, if thou be or be not, as was said,
Immortal; if thou make us nought, or we
Survive: thy power is made but of our dread,
Death, if thou be.
Thy might is made out of our fear of thee:
Who fears thee not, hath plucked from off thine head
The crown of cloud that darkens earth and sea.
Earth, sea, and sky, as rain or vapour shed,
Shall vanish; all the shows of them shall flee:
Then shall we know full surely, quick or dead,
Death, if thou be.





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