Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEAD OUT-OF-DOORS, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: High from the ground, and blown upon by air Last Line: "to cry, ""o grave, where is thy victory!" Subject(s): Death; Graves; Soul; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
HIGH from the ground, and blown upon by air Sun-sanctified; caught from corruption's mold, Girdled by streams amidst the foot-hills fair, With wind-chants making music sweet and old, This red man rests. Unto the elements He doth return; his soul soars glad and free, And e'en his body seems, in going hence, To cry, "O grave, where is thy victory!" | 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 BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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