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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WITH A DIAMOND, by JEAN INGELOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While time a grim old lion gnawing lay Last Line: Signing the will that leaves it to an heir. Subject(s): Diamonds; Inheritance & Succession; Tears; Time; Heirs | |||
WHILE Time a grim old lion gnawing lay, And mumbled with his teeth yon regal tomb, Like some immortal tear undimmed for aye, This gem was dropped among the dust of doom. Dropped, haply, by a sad, forgotten queen, A tear to outlast name, and fame, and tongue: Her other tears, and ours, all tears terrene, For great new griefs to be hereafter sung. Take it, -- a goddess might have wept such tears, Or Dame Electra changed into a star, That waxed so dim because her children's years In 'leaguered Troy were bitter through long war. Not till the end to end grow dull or waste, -- Ah, what a little while the light we share! Hand after hand shall yet with this be graced, Signing the Will that leaves it to an heir. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INHERITANCE by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE GRIEF OF AN HEIR by WILLIAM COWPER THE THREE-CORNERED LOT by NATHALIA CRANE FROM JUNE TO JUNE by NORMAN STAUNTON DIKE HAME CONTENT: A SATIRE by ROBERT FERGUSSON ROB. FERGUSSON'S LAST WILL by ROBERT FERGUSSON INHERITANCE by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER FABLES: 2ND SER. 12. PAN AND FORTUNE by JOHN GAY ECHO AND THE FERRY by JEAN INGELOW GLADYS AND HER ISLAND; AN IMPERFECT TALE WITH DOUBTFUL MORAL by JEAN INGELOW |
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