Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Burial

Mine is a body that should die at sea!
And have for a grave, instead of a grave
Six feet deep and the length of me,
All the water that is under the wave!
And terrible fishes to seize my flesh,
Such as a living man might fear,
And eat me while I am firm and fresh,—
Not wait till I’ve been dead for a year!

1. Assault
2. Inland
3. Memorial to D.C.
4. Fontaine, Je Ne Boirai Pas De Ton Eau!
5. Grown-up

Robert Herrick Burial ("Man may want land to live in; but for all")

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