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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JACOB TODD, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here be the ashes of jacob todd Last Line: He bedded for ye judgement day. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Variant Title(s): Epitaph On A Sexton Subject(s): Epitaphs; Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers | |||
Here be the ashes of Jacob Todd, Sexton now in the land of Nod. Digging he lived, and digging died, Pick, mattock, spade, and nought beside. Here oft at evening he would sit Tired with his toil, and proud of it; Watching the pretty Robins flit. Now slumbers he as deep as they He bedded for ye Judgement Day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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