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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR STOICS, by THOMAS DEL VECCHIO
First Line: No monument shall mark
Last Line: But the flesh knows.
Subject(s): Beauty; Death; Dust; Flowers; Roses; Dead, The
First Line: No monument shall mark
Last Line: But the flesh knows.
Subject(s): Beauty; Death; Dust; Flowers; Roses; Dead, The
No monument shall mark
The dead rose;
Beauty that springs from dust
To the dust goes,
And the wind blows.
But let no mortal think
As the breath slows
That a worm's dull nibble
Is the end of throes,
But the flesh knows.
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