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SURELY TO DIE IS GOOD!

Keats
(loquitur).
Surely to die is good;
We are born it seems for this,
To win us a long cold kiss,
A second of infinite bliss,
Snatched from beneath Death's hood,
Surely to die is good!

Goethe
(loquitur).
Surely to live is better;
We are born for this the rather,
To many a kiss to be father,
To many a rose-pink letter,
To many a luscious night
And new moon's maze of delight,
To many a flowery fetter,
Surely to live is better!