The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Death Watch

Farmenter, Frederick A. "The Death Watch." New York Saturday Press, February 14, 1860, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

The speaker uses the term "death-watch" as a metaphor for his heart ticking away the time he has left on earth.