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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FALL; A GREAT FAVORIT BEHEADED, by LUIS DE GONGORA Poet's Biography First Line: The bloody trunk of him who did possess Last Line: Much doctrine lies under this little stone. Alternate Author Name(s): Argote Y Gongora, Luis De Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Charles I, King Of England (1600-1649); Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty | |||
The bloody trunk of him who did possess About the rest of a hapless happy state, This little Stone doth Seal, but not depress, All scarce can stop the rowling of his fate. Brass Tombs which justice hath denied this fault, The common pity to his virtues pays, Adorning an Imaginary vault, Which from our minds time strives in vain to raze. Ten years the world upon him falsely smiled, Sheathing in fawning looks the deadly knife Long aimed at his head; That so beguiled It more securely might bereave his Life; Then threw him to a Scaffold from a Throne, Much Doctrine lies under this little Stone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NEGATIVES by PHILIP LEVINE ALL LIFE IN A LIFE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE EXECUTION OF MAXIMILIAN by ARTHUR SZE TWO FUNERALS: 2. by LOUIS UNTERMEYER BALLADE OF THE MEN WHO WERE HANGED by FRANCOIS VILLON EPITAPH IN BALLADE FORM by FRANCOIS VILLON VILLON'S EPITAPH by FRANCOIS VILLON ON A DEATH'S-HEAD, COVERED WITH COBWEBS ... SAID TO BE SKULL OF A KING by LUIS DE GONGORA |
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