Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEATH OF THE DAY, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My pictures blacken in their frames Last Line: Away he bore. Subject(s): Consolation; Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
My pictures blacken in their frames As night comes on, And youthful maids and wrinkled dames Are now all one. Death of the day! a sterner Death Did worse before; The fairest form, the sweetest breath, Away he bore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A FIESOLAN IDYL by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR |
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