When it's over I don't want to wonder
If I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.

Mary Oliver

When Death Comes

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Topic

Living life to the fullest

Author

Mary Oliver

Source

When Death Comes

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Occupation

Poet

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Oliver, Mary. "When Death Comes." New and Selected Poems. Beacon Press, 1992, I. 24.

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Topic
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Author

Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 1, no. 11.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 11.