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Death Stands Above Me Whispering Low

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Death Stands Above Me Whispering Low by Walter Savage Landor

 Death stands above me, whispering low 
I know not what into my ear:
Of his strange language all I know 
Is, there is not a word of fear.

Form: Quatrain

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