NOR dread nor hope attend <br />A dying animal; <br />A man awaits his end <br />Dreading and hoping all; <br />Many times he died, <br />Many times rose again. <br />A great man in his pride <br />Confronting murderous men <br />Casts derision upon <br />Supersession of breath; <br />He knows death to the bone -- <br />Man has created death.<br /><br />William Butler Yeats<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/death-4/
