Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DIRGE ON THE DEATH OF ADAMS AND JEFFERSON, by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD Poet's Biography First Line: Toll not the bell and muffle not Last Line: And angel harps may hymn their prayers. Subject(s): Adams, John (1735-1826); Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826); Presidents, United States | ||||||||
TOLL not the bell and muffle not The drum, nor fire the funeral shot; Nor half way hoist our banner now -- Nor weed the arm, nor cloud the brow,-- But high to heaven be raised the eye, And holy be the rapturous sigh: And still be cannon, drum, and bell, Nor let the flag of sorrow tell. Now low are laid their honored forms, But from the clods, and dust, and worms, Their spirits wake, and, breathing, rise Above the sun's own glorious skies. And happy be their airy track-- We may not, would not, call them back;-- For patriot hands may clasp with theirs, And Angel harps may hymn their prayers. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOHN BROWN'S BODY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS by JOHN HOLLANDER TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON INAUGURATION DAY: JANUARY 1953 by ROBERT LOWELL LINCOLN TRIUMPHANT by EDWIN MARKHAM YOUNG LINCOLN by EDWIN MARKHAM A MAN CHILD IS BORN (1809) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS AT SAGAMORE HILL by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BRUTUS LIVES AGAIN IN BOOTH by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TO A FRIEND by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |
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