Poems on Dying
" I am dying, Egypt, dying; only
I here importune death awhile, until
Of many thousand kisses the poor last
I lay up thy lips"
- Shakespeare
From: Anthony and Cleopatra
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Death is not extinguishing the light;
it is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
Other Poems on Dying
- Dying is fine but Death - e.e.cummings
- O Living Always, Always Dying - Walt Whitman
- The Lesson - Maya Angelou
- Exposure - Wilfred Owen
Books on Dying at Amazon.com
Poetry at Amazon.com
Talk on attitude to Dying by Sri Chinmoy
Photo by: Richard (Oxford Botanical Gardens Jan)