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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THE GRAVE OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI, by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL Poet's Biography First Line: Here of a truth the world's extremes are Last Line: Fond love's regret that ne'er they saw his face. Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Mackenzie Subject(s): Graves; Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882); Tombs; Tombstones | |||
HERE of a truth the world's extremes are met: Amid the gray, the moss-grown tombs of those Who led long lives obscure till came the close When, their calm days being done, their suns were set -- Here stands a grave, all monumentless yet, Wrapped like the others in a deep repose; But while you wakeful ocean ebbs and flows It is a grave the world shall not forget, This grave on which meek violets grow and thyme, Summer's fair heralds; and a stranger now Pauses to see a poet's resting-place, But one of those who will in many a clime On each return of this sad day avow Fond love's regret that ne'er they saw his face. | 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 AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL |
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