Classic and Contemporary Poetry
"MAN'S LIFE; AN INSCRIPTION IN OSMINGTON CHURCH, DORSET", by ANONYMOUS First Line: Man is a glas: life is / a water that's weakly Last Line: The water out / finis Subject(s): Death;hourglasses; "dead, The; | ||||||||
Man is a Glas: Life is A water that's weakly walled about: sinne bring es death: death breakes the Glas: so runnes the water out finis. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SITTING BULL IN SERBIA by WILLIAM JAY SMITH TO THE EXCELLENT ORINDA by PHILO PHILIPPA EPIGRAM OCCASIONED BY CIBBER'S VERSES IN PRAISE OF NASH: 1 by ALEXANDER POPE THE GIFT OF THE GODS by JOHN GODFREY SAXE TO CHRISTOPHER NORTH by ALFRED TENNYSON BEAU NASH by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER BEAU NASH AND THE ROMAN, OR THE TWO ERAS by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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