Farewell, Life!
Thomas Hood
1799 to 1845
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Thronging shadows cloud the light,
February 1845
Strength returns, and hope revives;
Strong the earthy odor grows—
Like the advent of the night,—
I smell the mould above the rose!
Sunny light for sullen gloom,
And the world is growing dim;
Welcome, Life! the Spirit strives!
Fly like shadows at the morn,—
Colder, colder, colder still,
O'er the earth there comes a bloom—
smell the rose above the mould!
Cloudy fears and shapes forlorn
Warm perfume for vapor cold—
Upward steals a vapor chill—
Farewell, Life! My senses swim,
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