The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 2 (of 8)

by William Wordsworth

1807
... Yet die not; be thou Life to thyself in death; with chearful brow Live, loving death, nor let one thought in ten Be painful to thee ...	1803

... Yet die not; be thou
Life to thyself in death; with chearful brow
Live, loving death, nor let one thought in ten
Be painful to thee ...

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[Footnote A:]

But previously printed in The Morning Post of February 2, 1803, under the signature W. L. D.—Ed.

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[Footnote B:]

Compare Massinger, The Bondman, act I. scene iii. l. 8:

'Her man of men, Timoleon.'