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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPICUREAN, by WILLIAM JAMES LINTON Poet's Biography First Line: In childhood's unsuspicious hours Last Line: O death! Life hath not been too long. Alternate Author Name(s): Spartacus Subject(s): Epicureanism; Old Age | |||
In Childhood's unsuspicious hours The fairies crowned my head with flowers. Youth came: I lay at Beauty's feet; She smiled and said my song was sweet. Then Age: and, Love no longer mine, My brows I shaded with the vine. With flowers and love and wine and song, O Death! life hath not been too long. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE |
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