In the Day ere Man came, <br />In the Morning of Life, <br />They came together <br />The Father, the Mother, <br />Debating. <br /> <br />'Forever they shall live, <br />'Our Children, <br />'When they are born Men, <br />'Forever they shall live,' <br />Said the Father, <br />Said the Mother. <br /> <br />But the little Bird cried, <br />Ah, the little Bird cried: <br />'How shall I nest me - <br />'How shall I nest me <br />'In their warm graves <br />'If men live forever?'<br /><br />Anonymous Americas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-origin-of-death/
