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THE OLD ENEMY by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: REBELLION AGAINST DEATH, THE OLD REBELLION
Last Line: UNDER THE PLANET AT THE EVENING'S END.
Subject(s): DEATH; RELIGION; DEAD, THE; THEOLOGY;

Rebellion against death, the old rebellion
Is over; I have nothing left to fight;
Battles have always had their meed of music
But peace is quiet as a windless night.

Therefore I make no songs -- I have grown certain
Save when he comes too late, death is a friend,
A shepherd leading home his flock serenely
Under the planet at the evening's end.



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