Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELIZA DREW AND JAMES HANNEWAY, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here rest in peace eliza drew and james hanneway Last Line: They'll not laugh less sweetly who learn to laugh last. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Epitaphs | ||||||||
Here rest in peace Eliza Drew and James Hanneway whom Death haplessly snatched from Felicity. Eliza and James in this sepulchre tarry Till God with His trumpet shall call them to marry. Then Angels for maids to the Bride shall be given, And loud their responses shall echo in Heaven. And e'en though it be that on Paradise Plains A wife is no wife; spinster spinster remains; These twain they did tarry so long to be wed They might now prefer to stay happy instead. Howe'er it befall them, Death's shadows once past, They'll not laugh less sweetly who learn to laugh last. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: RICHARD BONE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS AN EPITAPH, INTENDED FOR HIMSELF by JAMES BEATTIE EPITAPH: IN OBITUM M.S. XO MAIJ, 1614 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS [OR VILLERS] (1) by THOMAS CAREW EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS [OR VILLERS] (2) by THOMAS CAREW ALL THAT'S PAST by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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