Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EARTH'S IMMORTALITIES: FAME, by ROBERT BROWNING Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: See, as the prettiest graves will do in time Last Line: Have softened down the crisp-cut name and date! Subject(s): Fame; Reputation | ||||||||
FAME SEE, as the prettiest graves will do in time, Our poet's wants the freshness of its prime; Spite of the sexton's browsing horse, the sods Have struggled through its binding osier rods Headstone and half-sunk footstone lean awry, Wanting the brick-work promised by-and-by; How the minute gray lichens, plate o'er plate, Have softened down the crisp-cut name and date! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THEM AND US by LUCILLE CLIFTON A MAN TO A WOMAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DEATH AND FAME by ALLEN GINSBERG STANZAS WRITTEN ON THE ROAD BETWEEN FLORENCE AND PISA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON PROVIDE, PROVIDE by ROBERT FROST THE PILLAR OF FAME by ROBERT HERRICK CHILDE ROLAND TO THE DARK TOWER CAME' by ROBERT BROWNING |
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