Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPILOGUE, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: Graves they say are warm'd by glory Last Line: Such as homer sang is zero. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Graves; Mythology; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
GRAVES they say are warm'd by glory; Foolish words and empty story! Better far the warmth we prove From a cow-girl deep in love, With her arms around us flung, Reeking with the smell of dung. And that warmth is better too That man's entrails pierces through When he drinks hot punch and wine, Or his fill of grog divine, In the vilest, meanest den 'Mongst the thieves and scum of men, Who escape the gallows daily, But who breathe and live all-gaily, With as enviable fate As e'en Thetis' son so great. -- Rightly did Pelides say: Living in the meanest way In the upper world's worth more, Than beside the Stygian shore King of shades to be; a hero Such as Homer sang is zero. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL |
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