Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIELD BURIAL, by CARROLL CARSTAIRS First Line: Dying so young, may I retain of youth' Last Line: "shall blossom into clover, gorse and flower." Subject(s): Death - Children; Graves; Death - Babies; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
"Dying so young, may I retain of youth Some trace?" He asked of Death and Death replied, "Dug in the earth you'll turn in very truth To dirt and worm like others who have died." But Mother Earth here interposed. "I'll take Him to my breast until there comes an hour His youth through me shall live again, shall wake Shall blossom into clover, gorse and flower." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL LIFE AND DEATH by CARROLL CARSTAIRS THE PROUD MISS MACBRIDE; A LEGEND OF GOTHAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE |
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