Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EPITAPH UPON A WOMAN, AND HER CHILD, BURIED TOGETHER, by GEORGE WITHER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beneath this marble stone doth lye Last Line: For, tree, and fruit, shall spring againe. Subject(s): Children; Graves; Mothers; Childhood; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
Beneath this Marble Stone doth lye, The Subject of Deaths Tyranny. A Mother: who in this close Tombe, Sleepes with the issue of her wombe. Though cruelly enclinde was he And with the fruit shooke downe the Tree, Yet was his cruelty in vaine, For, Tree, and Fruit, shall spring againe. | 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 A CHRISTMAS CAROL by GEORGE WITHER |
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