|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEDICATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS: 11. TO EDWARD THOMAS, WITH A PLAY, by GORDON BOTTOMLEY Poet's Biography
First Line: Within your roman house
Last Line: Let them to yours be bidden.
Subject(s): Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)
First Line: Within your roman house
Last Line: Let them to yours be bidden.
Subject(s): Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)
WITHIN your Roman house,
Your white and calm abode,
Your Lares in their niche
(Nereid, nymph, and god)
Accept my alien vows
Of friendship to their friend;
By bronze and marble rich
You worship, yet I send
(I the old koroplast)
Image and figurine
Enamelled with gaudy plumes,
Corinthian, Pergamene.
Keep them until the last
Behind your Lares hidden:
Such mimes were meant for tombs,
Let them to yours be bidden.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
TOOT BALDON, SELECTION by ANDREW MOTION
HOMAGE TO EDWARD THOMAS by DEREK WALCOTT
KILLED IN ACTION by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES
SOTTO VOCE; TO EDWARD THOMAS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE
TO E. T.: 1917 by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE
ALL DAY IT HAS RAINED by ALUN LEWIS
TO EDWARD THOMAS by ALUN LEWIS
EPITAPH FOR EDWARD THOMAS by JULIAN ABRAHAM