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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GRAVE, by CLAUDE HOUGHTON Poet's Biography First Line: I slept by your grave last night Last Line: I had dreamed that I slept with you dead. Subject(s): Cemeteries; Death; Graves; Graveyards; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones | |||
I SLEPT by your grave last night, 'Neath the beams of a waning moon, And the tombstones around me were white And the wind sighed a wistful tune: I slept till the day dawned bright, And the sun rose over my head; I wept by your grave in the light ... I had dreamed that I slept with you dead. | 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 CHANT D'AUTOMNE by CLAUDE HOUGHTON |
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