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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON ROBERT EMMET'S GRAVE: 6, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: No trump tells thy virtues - the grave where they rest
Last Line: Shall pass like a mist from the light of thy name.
Subject(s): Emmet, Robert (1778-1803); Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: No trump tells thy virtues - the grave where they rest
Last Line: Shall pass like a mist from the light of thy name.
Subject(s): Emmet, Robert (1778-1803); Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
No trump tells thy virtues -- the grave where they rest
With thy dust shall remain unpolluted by fame,
Till thy foes, by the world and by fortune caressed,
Shall pass like a mist from the light of thy name.
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