Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON JOHN HEWET AND SARAH DREW: 2, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Think not by rigorous judgment seiz'd Last Line: And face the flash that melts the ball. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
NEAR THIS PLACE LIE THE BODIES OF JOHN HEWET AND SARAH DREW AN INDUSTRIOUS YOUNG MAN, AND VIRTUOUS MAIDEN OF THIS PARISH; CONTRACTED IN MARRIAGE WHO BEING WITH MANY OTHERS AT HARVEST WORK, WERE BOTH IN AN INSTANT KILLED BY LIGHTNING ON THE LAST DAY OF JULY 171' Think not by rigorous judgment seiz'd, A pair so faithful could expire; Victims so pure Heav'n saw well pleas'd And snatch'd them in Coelestial fire. Live well and fear no sudden fate; When God calls Virtue to the grave, Alike tis Justice, soon or late, Mercy alike to kill or save. Virtue unmov'd can hear the Call, And face the Flash that melts the Ball. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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