Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LACHRYMATORY, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: From out the grave of one whose budding Last Line: And tully's daughter, mourned so tenderly. Subject(s): Tears | ||||||||
From out the grave of one whose budding years Were cropt by death, when Rome was in her prime, I brought the phial of his kinsman's tears, There placed, as was the wont of ancient time; Round me, that night, in meads of asphodel, The souls of the early dead did come and go, Drawn by that flask of Grief, as by a spell, That long-imprison'd shower of human woe; As round Ulysses, for the draught of blood, The heroes thronged, those spirits flocked to me, Where, lonely, with that charm of tears, I stood; Two, most of all, my dreaming eyes did see; The young Marcellus, young, but great and good, And Tully's daughter, mourned so tenderly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BANGLA DESH: 2. THE BLOOD IN MY EYES by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ TIME ROCKING ON by ANSELM HOLLO TEARS AND KISSES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOMESDAY BOOK: GEORGE JOSLIN ON LA MENKEN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HOW FAR IS IT TO THE LAND WE LEFT? by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE TEARS FALL IN MY HEART by PAUL VERLAINE HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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