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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PASTIME OF PLEASURE: THE EPITAPH OF GRAUNDE AMOURE, by STEPHEN HAWES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O mortal folk, you may behold and see Last Line: At last the bells ringeth to evensong. | |||
O MORTAL folk, you may behold and see How I lie here, sometime a mighty knight; The end of joy and all prosperitee Is death at last, thorough his course and might: After the day there cometh the dark night, For though the daye be never so long, At last the bells ringeth to evensong. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PASTIME OF PLEASURE: THE TRUE KNIGHT by STEPHEN HAWES SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 6 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING ALONE (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE LOREINE: A HORSE by ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN: A FRAGMENT by THOMAS GRAY CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON ANECDOTE OF THE JAR by WALLACE STEVENS THE DIFFERENCE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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