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Already You Are Old

Terese Coe

Already you are old, and I am too.Let’s join old age, embrace the time we’ve found,and make of winter’s shiver warmer groundand milder spring, as much as we can...

Death Song

Terese Coe Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)

From orchards, and gardens, and house I move on, From porcelain and goblets engraved by the potter, On to the final rites, much like the swan Whose death song...