Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893.
Birds of PassageFlight the Fifth. Haroun al Raschid
O
A book wherein the poet said:—
Of those who once the world possessed?
They’re gone the way that thou shalt go.
The world, and what the world calls fair,
But know that death is at the end!”
Tears fell upon the page he read.