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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RAVEN'S TOMB, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Build me my tomb,' the raven said Last Line: In his tomb is laid away.' Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Graves; Ravens; Tombs; Tombstones | |||
'Build me my tomb,' the Raven said 'Within the dark yew-tree, So in the Autumn yewberries, Sad lamps, may burn for me, Summon the haunted beetle, From twilight bud and bloom, To drone a gloomy dirge for me At dusk above my tomb. Beseech ye too the glowworm To rear her cloudy flame, Where the small, flickering bats resort, Whistling in tears my name. Let the round dew a whisper make, Welling on twig and thorn; And only the grey cock at night Call through his silver horn. And you, dear sisters, don your black For ever and a day, To show how true a raven In his tomb is laid away.' | 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 ALL THAT'S PAST by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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