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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONTINUANCE, by DOROTHY QUICK
First Line: We cannot die who live on in our seed
Last Line: We do not die who live on in our seed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mayer, John Adams, Mrs.
Subject(s): Life
First Line: We cannot die who live on in our seed
Last Line: We do not die who live on in our seed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mayer, John Adams, Mrs.
Subject(s): Life
We cannot die who live on in our seed,
Nor need it be the product of our flesh.
Just as a child survives, so may a deed
Capture the soul within a vital mesh,
To live forever in the minds of men.
Blood of our blood, the written word may be
Closer than children. Sometimes with the pen
We can create a living entity.
The tree we plant lives on when we are not;
The house we build, the sentences we say
Mark out on earth their own especial spot,
A part of us, who sped them on their way.
To propagate itself is each soul's need;
We do not die who live on in our seed.
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