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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE GRAVEYARD AT FORT MONCKTON, N.B. (GRAVES MARKED 1755 AND 1756), by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER
First Line: This lonely garden more than half-way round
Last Line: From out these graves in this old garden's heart!
Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: This lonely garden more than half-way round
Last Line: From out these graves in this old garden's heart!
Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
This lonely garden more than half-way round
Hath a sea-wall; and then a Time-filled moat—
The Fort's sole remnant now—doth else denote
How 'tis marked off from all the common ground;
And here and there in knee-deep grass are found
Prone slabs that speak of prowess in the past,
O'er which unheeding feet do trample fast—
Deaf to the message of each mould'ring mound.
I sit, and varied voices make me start:
Glad lovers listening to the lapping tide;
The team-song of the swain on yonder lea;
Children at play who are their parents' pride;
And that sweet bell—echoes of Liberty
From out these graves in this old garden's heart!
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