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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STANZAS, COMPOSED WHILE WALKING ON WARREN HILL, EARLY SUMMER'S MORNING, by BERNARD BARTON Poet's Biography First Line: Lonely and low is thy dwelling-place now Last Line: And a beautiful twilight enchants us. Alternate Author Name(s): Quaker Poet Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones | |||
LONELY and low is thy dwelling-place now, On which the bright sun-beams are dawning; But oh! I remember the moments when thou Wast as blythe as the breeze of the morning. Silent and sad is the place of thy rest, Where thou sleep'st the last slumber decreed thee; But well I remember, when warm was that breast, How few in gay mirth could exceed thee. Yet, rest in thy mansion! sleep quietly on: There was nought in that mirth which should cost thee, Or those who best knew thee, one sigh now thou'rt gone; Were it not that too early we lost thee. Thine was not the laughter which leaves us more sad; Unnatural, unheeded, unglowing; 'Twas a gush of enjoyment, which seem'd to be glad To get loose from a heart overflowing. But 'tis not the memory of moments of mirth, Which thy claim to remembrance now gives thee; Their light is obscur'd by the grave! but thy worth, In spite of the grave, still outlives thee. Thy sterling integrity, candour, and sense, Thy benevolence, frank and warm-hearted, Which sham'd the professions of empty pretence These live, though thy life has departed. And long shall they lend to thy lonely tomb, A glory like that the sun grants us; When the clouds he hath set in have lost all their gloom, And a beautiful twilight enchants us. | 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 BRUCE AND THE SPIDER by BERNARD BARTON |
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