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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODE ON THE DEATH OF HAIG'S HORSE: 1, by DOUGLAS GARMAN
First Line: Bury the great horse / with all clubdom's lamentation
Last Line: And critics gather in smoke-room and stall.
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
First Line: Bury the great horse / with all clubdom's lamentation
Last Line: And critics gather in smoke-room and stall.
Subject(s): Haig, Douglas. 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928); Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
Bury the Great Horse
With all clubdom's lamentation,
Let us bury the Great Horse
To the noise of the mourning of a horsy nation:
Mourning when their darlings fall,
Colonels carry the charger's pall,
And critics gather in smoke-room and stall.
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