Our Fear That Summer Will Be Short
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short,
but when we have had our swing of pleasure,
our fill of fruit,
and our swelter of heat,
we say we have had our day.
Our fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short,
but when we have had our swing of pleasure,
our fill of fruit,
and our swelter of heat,
we say we have had our day.