Landon in The Literary Gazette 1832/Death and the Youth

by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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Literary Gazette, 28th April, 1832, Page 266

ORIGINAL POETRY.

DEATH AND THE YOUTH.

"Not yet—the flowers are in my path,
    The sun is in my sky;
Not yet—my heart is full of hope—
    I cannot bear to die.

Not yet—I never knew till now
    How precious life could be;
My heart is full of love—oh, Death
    I cannot come with thee!"

But Love and Hope, enchanted twain,
    Passed in their falsehood by;
Death came again, and then he said—
    "I'm ready now to die!"