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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FUNERAL HYMN, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When life's gay courage fails at last Last Line: And the great, blue folds of sky! Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Death; Funerals; Dead, The; Burials | |||
WHEN Life's gay courage fails at last, And I grow worse than old Though Death puts out my fiery heart, I never shall grow cold. For warm is earth's green covering, And warmly I shall lie, Wrapped in the winding-sheets of air And the great, blue folds of sky! | 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 A BIRTHDAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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