On His Seventy-fifth Birthday
I strove with none; for none was worth my strife, Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life, It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
Credit
This poem is in the public domain.
Author
Walter Savage Landor
A Selected Bibliography
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By Lingual Wholes (1982)
Mainland (1973)
Panoramas (1997)
Papo Got His Gun! and Other Poems (1966)
Red Beans (1991)
Rhythm, Content and Flavor (1989)
Tropicalization (1976)
Date Published: 1894-01-01
Source URL: https://poets.org/poem/his-seventy-fifth-birthday