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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DUNCTON HILL, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: He does not die that can bequeath
Last Line: A boy that sings on duncton hill.
Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene
Subject(s): Immortality
First Line: He does not die that can bequeath
Last Line: A boy that sings on duncton hill.
Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene
Subject(s): Immortality
He does not die that can bequeathe
Some influence to the land he knows,
Or dares, persistent, interwreathe
Love permanent with the wild hedgerows;
He does not die, but still remains
Substantiate with his darling plains.
The spring's superb adventure calls
His dust athwart the woods to flame;
His boundary river's secret falls
Perpetuate and repeat his name.
He rides his loud October sky:
He does not die. He does not die.
The beeches know the accustomed head
Which loved them, and a peopled air
Beneath their benediction spread
Comforts the silence everywhere;
For native ghosts return and these
Perfect the mystery in the trees.
So, therefore, though myself be crosst
The shuddering of that dreadful day
When friend and fire and home are lost,
And even children drawn away --
The passer-by shall hear me still
A boy that sings on Duncton Hill.
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