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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH IN A CHURCH-YARD IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, by AMY LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: He died of 'stranger's fever' when his youth
Last Line: Ached with fatigue at never seeing home.
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
First Line: He died of 'stranger's fever' when his youth
Last Line: Ached with fatigue at never seeing home.
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
GEORGE AUGUSTUS CLOUGH
A NATIVE OF LIVERPOOL,
DIED SUDDENLY OF "STRANGER'S FEVER"
NOV'R 5th 1'43
AGED 22
He died of "Stranger's Fever" when his youth
Had scarcely melted into manhood, so
The chiselled legend runs; a brother's woe
Laid bare for epitaph. The savage ruth
Of a sunny, bright, but alien land, uncouth
With cruel caressing dealt a mortal blow,
And by this summer sea where flowers grow
In tropic splendor, witness to the truth
Of ineradicable race he lies.
The law of duty urged that he should roam,
Should sail from fog and chilly airs to skies
Clear with deceitful welcome. He had come
With proud resolve, but still his lonely eyes
Ached with fatigue at never seeing home.
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