Quote#Death
Death!
Quote byTheo Marzials · 1850–1920
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Tragedy, reported by several critics to be the worst poem published in the English language...
English (original)
Death! Plop. The barges down in the river flop. Flop, plop, Above, beneath. From the slimy branches the grey drips drop... To the oozy waters, that lounge and flop... And my head shrieks--"Stop" And my heart shrieks--"Die"...
— Theo Marzials
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