Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A POET ON HIS EPITAPH FOR THE FALLEN, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Splendidly dying, yet their fame Last Line: To save their splendour in a rhyme. Subject(s): Epitaphs | ||||||||
SPLENDIDLY dying, yet their fame Had fallen to imperious time, But for the living lips that came To save their splendour in a rhyme. | 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 |
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