I do love Housman

[mme_hardy]

Her strong enchantments failing,
  Her towers of fear in wreck,
Her limbecks dried of poisons
  And the knife at her neck,

The Queen of air and darkness
  Begins to shrill and cry,
'O young man, O my slayer,
  To-morrow you shall die.'

O Queen of air and darkness,
  I think 'tis truth you say,
And I shall die to-morrow;
  But you will die to-day.

(Anybody want to expound on why it's "I shall" vs. "you will"?)

Comments

[ellen_fremedon]

This! There's a good, if macabre, mnemonic (CN suicide):

A would-be suicide swims out to sea saying "I will drown! No one shall save me!" On his way he passes a hapless victim of cramp, who despairs "I shall drown! No one will save me."

[mme_hardy]

Oh, I *like* that.

[kore]

Heh, that's also how I learned it (from an old Espy book about words I think).

[ellen_fremedon]

Words at Play! That's where I learned it, too.

[kore]

DAMN I HAVE NEVER EVEN MET ANYONE WHO HEARD OF THAT BOOK BEFORE. I loved it as a kid! I still have it. He was great.