Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BONAVENTURE (OLD CEMETERY AT SAVANNAH), by VIRGINIA CONNETT First Line: Peace, peace and silence Last Line: Let them dream on -- peace -- peace. Subject(s): Cemeteries; Graveyards | ||||||||
Peace, peace and silence Except where a mocker swings on a wild rose. Scent of wax-petaled magnolias, Grey headstones covered with lichens, Their names and their dates all eroded. Here small shining lizards dart through the grasses. Blow gently O sea-winds through the long mosses That trail like mourning veils from the branches Of myrtle and live-oak. Be mute, O gulls, Let them dream on -- peace -- peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM FOR MY TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY by KENNETH KOCH THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE WIND by TED KOOSER JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL THE HILL ABOVE THE MINE by MALCOLM COWLEY |
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