Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTION FOR A STONE ERECTED AT SOWING OF A GROVE OF OAKS, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Other stones the era tell Last Line: Stone at heart, and cannot grow, Subject(s): Somerset, England | ||||||||
(AT CHILLINGTON, THE SEAT OF T. GIFFARD, ESQ. 1790) OTHER stones the era tell When some feeble mortal fell; I stand here to date the birth Of these hardy sons of earth. Which shall longest brave the sky, Storm and frost--these Oaks or I? Pass an age or two away, I must moulder and decay; But the years that crumble me Shall invigorate the tree, Spread its branch, dilate its size, Lift its summit to the skies. Cherish honour, virtue, truth, So shalt thou prolong thy youth: Wanting these, however fast Man be fixed, and formed to last, He is lifeless even now, Stone at heart, and cannot grow, | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TABLET AT THE BISHOP OF CHESTER'S RETREAT AT BANWELL CAVE by UNKNOWN LEGEND OF GLASTONBURY, VERSIFIED IN THE SOMERSET DIALECT by UNKNOWN A COMPARISON by WILLIAM COWPER A COMPARISON [ADDRESSED] TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM COWPER BOADICEA; AN ODE by WILLIAM COWPER EPITAPH ON A HARE by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 18. LOVEST THOU ME? by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 49. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING by WILLIAM COWPER |
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