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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAST MAN: BONA DE MORTUIS, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Aye, the good man, kind father, best of friends Last Line: Like toads among them. Subject(s): Hate | |||
Aye, the good man, kind father, best of friends -- These are the words that grow like grass and nettles Out of dead men, and speckled hatreds hide Like toads among them. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS HATRED by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM JACK ROSE by MAXWELL BODENHEIM THE PEOPLE OF THE OTHER VILLAGE by THOMAS LUX IN STRANGE EVENTS by WILLIAM MEREDITH LINES FOR A CHRISTMAS CARD by HILAIRE BELLOC LINES TO A DON by HILAIRE BELLOC BALLAD OF HUMAN LIFE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: DIRGE FOR WOLFRAM by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SAILORS' [OR MARINERS'] SONG by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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