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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WILLIAM PARR, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: He that lies here was mortal olde
Last Line: In seventeen hundred sixty three.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Epitaphs
First Line: He that lies here was mortal olde
Last Line: In seventeen hundred sixty three.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Epitaphs
He that lies here was mortal olde,
All but a hundred, if truth be told.
His pinpricke eyes, his hairless pate,
Crutch in hand, his shambling gaite --
All spake of Time: and Time's slow stroke,
That fells at length the stoutest Oke.
Of yeares so many now he is gone
There's nought to tell except this stone.
His name was Parr: decease did he
In Seventeen Hundred Sixty Three.
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