for life’s distress. (Most dread it.)
"Tale of Virs"…? A roman
of the Roman men who tread it.*
Moral:
Life before
(and after!) death...?'Tis thought 'tis naught but shibboleth.
* The ‘it’ appearing at the end of the
last line of verse is intended to refer to
the valley. If that pronoun is heard as
referring to the metaphor, then the final
line should be amended to read “…men
who spread it.”
last line of verse is intended to refer to
the valley. If that pronoun is heard as
referring to the metaphor, then the final
line should be amended to read “…men
who spread it.”
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