Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EARTH TO EARTH, by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY Poet's Biography First Line: I stood to hear that bold Last Line: Oh, poor lips left behind! Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper) Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
I STOOD to hear that bold Sentence of grit and mould, Earth to earth; they thrust On his coffin dust; Stones struck against his grave: Oh, the old days, the brave! Just with a pebble's fall, Grave-digger, you turn all Bliss to bereaving; To catch the cleaving Of Atropa's fine shears Would less hurt human ears. Live senses that death dooms! For friendship in dear rooms, Slow-lighting faces, Hand-clasps, embraces, Askes on askes grind: Oh, poor lips left behind! | 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 CYCLAMENS by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY |
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