Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BURIAL SONG: THE GRAVEYARD, by ANONYMOUS First Line: What man's land is the graveyard Last Line: Man's fate knows no tarrying Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);funerals; Burials | ||||||||
WHAT man's land is the graveyard? It is the crowded home of ghosts, -- Wise and foolish shoulder to shoulder. The King of the Dead claims them all; Man's fate knows no tarrying. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FUNERAL SERMON by ANDREW HUDGINS RETURN FROM DELHI by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE SCATTERING OF EVAN JONES'S ASHES by GALWAY KINNELL BROWNING'S FUNERAL by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL FALLING ASLEEP OVER THE AENEID by ROBERT LOWELL MY FATHER'S BODY by WILLIAM MATTHEWS TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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