Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARLOTTE TEMPLE'S GRAVE (TRINITY CHURCHYARD), by BLANCHE A. SAWYER First Line: This slab was set to keep Last Line: May serve as cup for birds! Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
This slab was set to keep Ward o'er the dreamless sleep Of one who knew deep grief, Although her span was brief. Where once were chiselled clear Her name, her age, the year, Are hollows filled with rain, Deep sunken, dark with stain, Where birds, as from a cup, Drink deeply, and look up To render thanks and praise To Him who guides their ways. Not pity, but a boon To be forgotten soon, If stone whence time wears words May serve as cup for birds! | 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 THE SYNCOPATED CAKEWALK by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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