First Line: COME NEARER, CHARON / I CANNOT STEP SO FAR, INTO YOUR BOAT Last Line: ERE DEATH SETS US AFLOAT. Subject(s): CHARON; DEATH; FAREWELL; STYX (RIVER); DEAD, THE; PARTING;
Come nearer, Charon... I cannot step so far, into your boat; For I must have some breath to say farewell To her you waft me from, Ere death sets us afloat.