Can Death Be Sleep, When Life Is but a Dream

Can Death Be Sleep, When Life Is but a Dream

Can Death Be Sleep, When Life Is but a Dream

-John Keats-

Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,
And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?
The transient pleasures as a vision seem,
And yet we think the greatest pain's to die.

How strange it is that man on earth should roam,
And lead a life of woe, but not forsake
His refuge path; nor dare he view alone
His future doom which is but to awake.