![]() |
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RUINED CHURCH, by F. W. BATESON Poet's Biography First Line: No stirring: bristly thistles guard Last Line: Where parson sermoned long ago. Subject(s): Churches; Ruins; Cathedrals | |||
NO stirring: bristly thistles guard Crumbled church and vacant yard. All mouldered save a casual stone Or vagrant tomb: decay alone. So old, so dead, the very ghosts Traitors to their ancient posts. Owl nor bat deign to intrude This time-forgotten solitude. Only rank grass and nettles know The quite oblivious bones below; Only cool dock and sorrel now Where parson sermoned long ago. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VIRGIN IN GLASS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 3. FEEDING THE RABBITS by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR EXPLICATION OF AN IMAGINARY TEXT by JAMES GALVIN DOMESDAY BOOK: FATHER WHIMSETT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HALF-AND-HALF by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE |
|