I heard a Fly buzz - when I died-- The Stillness in the Room Was like the stillness in the Air-- Between the Heaves of Storm-- The Eyes around - had wrung them dry-- And breaths were gathering firm For that last Onset - when the King Be witnessed - in the Room -- I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away What portion of me be Assignable - and then it was there interposed a Fly-- With blue - uncertain stumbling Buzz-- Between the light - and me-- And then the Windows failed - and then I could not see to see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FETES GALANTES: ROMANCES SANS PAROLE, SELECTION by PAUL VERLAINE THE DOG by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE SAD SONG, FR. THE CAPTAIN by JOHN FLETCHER PORTRAIT OF A LADY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ALARIC AT ROME by MATTHEW ARNOLD SATIRE: 2 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 2. OF GRATITUDE by WILLIAM BASSE |