Is Life a Boon
IS life a boon?If so, it must befallThat Death, whene’er he call,Must call too soon.Though fourscore years he giveYet one would pray to liveAnother moon!What kind of plaint have I,Who perish in July?I might have had to diePerchance in June!
Is life a thorn?Then count it not a whit!Man is well done with it;Soon as he’s bornHe should all means essayTo put the plague away;And I, war-worn,Poor captured fugitive,My life most gladly give—I might have had to liveAnother morn!