Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEATH AND ITS ANTIDOTE, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: The strongest hearts grow fearful at the name Last Line: Not vague, but true, not fearful, but most bold! Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
The strongest hearts grow fearful at the name Of him who gathers up the coil of things - Surceasing breath and life, that flies yet clings, May be a terror, without touch of shame: That worms shall revel in the heart of Pride, And death-damps chill the brows of happy men, Is truth avow'd and awful! When, oh! when, Shall I, and those I love, our turn abide? But stay, my soul! with fond assurance call Those hopes into thy landscape, fain to rise, Even then, when earth was powerless in the thrall Of hateful rites, and mythologic ties, But priceless now, beyond the count of gold; Not vague, but true, not fearful, but most bold! | 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 HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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