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DYING SPEECH OF AN OLD PHILOSOPHER by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

Poet Analysis

First Line: I STROVE WITH NONE, FOR NONE WAS WORTH MY STRIFE
Last Line: IT SINKS, AND I AM READY TO DEPART.
Subject(s): DEATH; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; OLD AGE; DEAD, THE;
I strove with none, for none was worth my strife;
Nature I love, and next to Nature, Art;
I warmed both hands before the fire of life, --
It sinks, and I am ready to depart.


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