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ON ROBERT EMMET'S GRAVE: 6 by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Poet Analysis

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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