Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HYMN: AT A FUNERAL, by REGINALD HEBER Poet's Biography First Line: Beneath our feet and o'er our head Last Line: Shall live for hell or heaven! Subject(s): Funerals; Burials | ||||||||
BENEATH our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given; Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the Heaven! Their names are graven on the stone, Their bones are in the clay; And ere another day is gone, Ourselves may be as they. Death rides on every passing breeze, He lurks in every flower: Each season has its own disease, Its peril every hour! Our eyes have seen the rosy light Of youth's soft cheek decay, And Fate descend in sudden night On manhood's middle day. Our eyes have seen the steps of age Halt feebly towards the tomb, And yet shall earth our hearts engage, And dreams of days to come? Turn, mortal, turn! thy danger know; Where'er thy foot can tread, The earth rings hollow from below, And warns thee of her dead! Turn, Christian, turn! thy soul apply To truths divinely given; The bones that underneath thee lie Shall live for Hell or Heaven! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FUNERAL SERMON by ANDREW HUDGINS RETURN FROM DELHI by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE SCATTERING OF EVAN JONES'S ASHES by GALWAY KINNELL BROWNING'S FUNERAL by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL FALLING ASLEEP OVER THE AENEID by ROBERT LOWELL MY FATHER'S BODY by WILLIAM MATTHEWS EVENING HYMN by REGINALD HEBER |
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