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

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Citation

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

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Jack London
Source
The Turtles of Tasman
Medium
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Language
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Time
1916 1910s 20th century
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Citation

London, Jack. The Turtles of Tasman. Macmillan, 1916.