Life is a torrid day,
Parched with the dust and sun ;
And death's the calm cool night,
When the weary day is done.


(17th December 1825) Poetic Fragmants - Fifth Series - The London Literary Gazette


Life is a torrid day, Parched with the dust and sun ; And death's the calm cool night, When the weary day is done.

Life is a torrid day, Parched with the dust and sun ; And death's the calm cool night, When the weary day is done.

Life is a torrid day, Parched with the dust and sun ; And death's the calm cool night, When the weary day is done.

Life is a torrid day, Parched with the dust and sun ; And death's the calm cool night, When the weary day is done.