Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SPANIARD, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Laid in this english ground Last Line: To cry his sins so far from home! Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Epitaphs | ||||||||
Laid in this English ground A Spaniard slumbers sound. Well might the tender weep To think how he doth sleep -- Strangers on either hand -- So far from his own land. O! when the last Trump blow, May Christ ordain that so This friendless one arise Under his native skies. How bleak to wake, how dread a doom, To cry his sins so far from home! | 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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