Death's doings; consisting of numerous original compositions, in prose and verse, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of twenty four plates, designed and etched by R. Dagley / [Richard Dagley].

  • Dagley, Richard, -1841
Date:
1826
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Death's doings; consisting of numerous original compositions, in prose and verse, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of twenty four plates, designed and etched by R. Dagley / [Richard Dagley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEATH AND THE POET. A dream of darkness and of dread Hath pass’d upon my brain— A vision of the past—the dead— That ne’er may come again; And there was on my weary heart The weight of many years, And woes that were the sternest part Of all its griefs and fears. I have not wept—no! I may weep— Nor sigh again for aught. It was a long and dreary sleep Of the heart’s inward thought; I saw the frowns of worldly men. The scorner and the proud— I felt my spirit dark as when It first beneath them bow’d.