Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE STONE JUG, by FORD MADOX FORD Poet's Biography First Line: Old days are gone Last Line: Too shall come in with me out of the rain. Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Crime & Criminals; Death; Sin; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Dead, The | ||||||||
OLD days are gone: Lo! I go to find better; Bright suns once shone. Shall they never shine again? Here's a queer inn for to-night, but the next one I will contrive shall be freed from what's vext one In this, and to-morrow, for all that's perplext one, I shall arise with a head free of pain. Here's luck, old friends, Though to-night's proved the finish And this tap now ends. Shall we never brew again? Aye, by my faith and the faith I have in you, You who have kist and have laughed at the sin. You Witch that I gambled and squandered to win, you Too shall come in with me out of the rain. | 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 NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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