Versos English Charles Morris Birds of passage, alas! all us mortals are here

English poem

Birds of passage, alas! all us mortals are here

by (1744–1838)

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Birds of passage, alas! all us mortals are here, Exclaim’d Johnny W⸺ when he spent his last tear; In his last dying speech, he declar’d with dejection, He’d not the least hope of a flesh resurrection.