Uploaded on September 28, 2011
… When thoughts
of the last bitter hour come like a blight
over thy spirit, and sad images
of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall,
and breathless darkness, and the narrow house,
make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart;—
go forth, under the open sky, and list
to Nature’s teachings, …
—William Cullen Bryant
The Giant Book of Poetry
edited by William H. Roetzheim
09.28.2023: A poem about death, the great fear, and most of us are lying to ourselves about accepting it.