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Ere the birth of my life, if I wished it or no
No question was asked me--it could not be so !
If the life was the question, a thing sent to try
And to live on be YES; what can NO be ? to die.
NATURE'S ANSWER
Is't returned, as 'twas sent ? Is't no worse for the wear ?
Think first, what you ARE ! Call to mind what you WERE !
I gave you innocence, I gave you hope,
Gave health, and genius, and an ample scope,
Return you me guilt, lethargy, despair ?
Make out the invent'ry ; inspect, compare !
Then die--if die you dare !
Suicide's Argument, The
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Poem topics: birth, despair, hope, innocence, nature, health, answer, mind, return, invent, inspect, live, compare, life, question, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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