Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH: ON HIMSELF, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poet's Biography First Line: Reader, approach my urn--thou need'st not fear Last Line: Alas! The young, the gay is now no more! Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; Youth; Dead, The | ||||||||
READER, approach my urnthou need'st not fear The' extorted promise of one plaintive tear, To mourn thy unknown friendFrom me thou'lt learn More than a Plato taughtthe grand concern Of mortals!Wrapt in pensive thought, survey This little freehold of unthinking clay, And know thy end! Though young, though gay, this scene of death explore, Alas! the young, the gay is now no more! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND THE FIRESIDE by NATHANIEL COTTON EPITAPH ON A LADY, WHO HAD LABOURED UNDER A CANCER by NATHANIEL COTTON |
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