Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO ROBBERS, by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON Poet's Biography First Line: When death from some fair face Last Line: But honor crafty time. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
WHEN Death from some fair face Is stealing life away, All weep, save she, the grace That earth shall lose to-day. When Time from some fair face Steals beauty year by year, For her slow-fading grace Who sheds, save she, a tear? And death not often dares To wake the world's distress; While Time, the cunning, mars Surely all loveliness. Yet though by breath and breath Fades all thy fairest prime, Men shrink from cruel Death, But honor crafty Time. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND LIGHT [AND LOVE] by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON |
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