Death Welcome to the Believer
J S Harvey
Genre: | Poetry |
Subjects: | Christianity, Death, Immortality, Epidemiology, Pollution, Disease |
The poet reflects on the miseries of the mortal life, including the 'tainted and infectious atmosphere' (177), and the horror of watching loved ones 'Diseas'd in body, or distress'd in mind' (178). | |
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