Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEARER'S SONG, by MIU HSI First Line: When I was alive, I wandered in the streets of the capital Last Line: And none born can escape this thing. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
WHEN I was alive, I wandered in the streets of the Capital: Now that I am dead, I am left to lie in the fields. In the morning I drove out from the High Hall: In the evening I lodged beneath the Yellow Springs. When the white sun had sunk in the Western Chasm I hung up my chariot and rested my four horses. Now, even the mighty Maker of All Could not bring the life back to my limbs. Shape and substance day by day will vanish: Hair and teeth will gradually fall away. Forever from of old men have been so: And none born can escape this thing. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND DESTINY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON COLOGNE; EPIGRAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE FISH, THE MAN, AND THE SPIRIT (COMPLETE) by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT |
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