Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG (12), by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, when the grave shall open for me Last Line: The bending and dark blue violet. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Flowers; Graves; Violets; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
Oh, when the grave shall open for me, -- (I care not how soon that time may be, --) Never a rose shall grow on that tomb, It breathes too much of hope and bloom; But there be that flower's meek regret, The bending and dark blue Violet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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