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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIS SON, by CALLIMACHUS Poet's Biography First Line: But twelve short years you lived, my son Last Line: (g. B. Grundy) Alternate Author Name(s): Kallimachos Subject(s): Death; Sons; Dead, The | |||
BUT twelve short years you lived, my son, Just twelve short years, and then you died: And now your life's brief course is run, This grave a father's hopes doth hide. (G. B. Grundy) | 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 |
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