THE LAST MAN: BONA DE MORTUIS, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOESPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: Aye, the good man, kind father, best of friends Last Line: Like toads among them. Subject(s): Hate
Aye, the good man, kind father, best of friends -- These are the words that grow like grass and nettles Out of dead men, and speckled hatreds hide Like toads among them.