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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PASTIME OF PLEASURE: THE EPITAPH OF GRAUNDE AMOURE, by STEPHEN HAWES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O mortal folk, you may behold and see Last Line: At last the bells ringeth to evensong. | |||
O MORTAL folk, you may behold and see How I lie here, sometime a mighty knight; The end of joy and all prosperitee Is death at last, thorough his course and might: After the day there cometh the dark night, For though the daye be never so long, At last the bells ringeth to evensong. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PASTIME OF PLEASURE: THE TRUE KNIGHT by STEPHEN HAWES OF ANY OLD MAN by ISAAC ROSENBERG A SUMMER EVENING'S MEDITATION by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD MY LAST DUCHESS; FERRRA by ROBERT BROWNING A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW DAYS TOO SHORT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON by HENRY LYNDEN FLASH SHUT OUT THAT MOON by THOMAS HARDY THE LATTER DAY by THOMAS HASTINGS TO MRS. THRALE [ON HER COMPLETING HER THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR] by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) |
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