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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By EvaleenStein

1508 In Youth

NOT lips of mine have ever said:

“Would God that I were dead!”

Nay, cruel griefs! ye cannot break

My love of life; nor can ye make

Oblivion blest in any wise,

Nor death seem sweet for sorrow’s sake.

Life! life! my every pulse outcries

For life, and love, and quickened breath,

O God,—not not for death!