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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GRAVE ON OSSA, by AESCHYLUS Poet's Biography First Line: Here too were steadfast men and brave Last Line: On ossa's mountain way. Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones | |||
HERE too were steadfast men and brave By dark fate overcome; Against the spears they stood, to save The flocks and fields of home. In fame they live, immortal dead Who found their rest that day, Enswathed in sorry dust for bed On Ossa's mountain way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES: CHORUS by AESCHYLUS |
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