Farewells
Last words, last thoughts, last things.
Friday, February 23, 2018
The earth, sadly, lives on
John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the U. S., died on this day in 1848. His last words:
"
This is the last of earth. I am content
!"
This is also the date of death (in 1821) of poet John Keats. He wrote:
"
The poetry of the earth is never dead
."
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