Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POST MORTEM, by LUCILLE LONG First Line: You knew my fancies, whims, desires Last Line: Oh, so long ago. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
You knew my fancies, whims, desires, And followed well my mental paths, You whipped my courage, kindled fires, And laved my fears with dust of stars To make me brave. And yet how strange you should not know That I was buried in a grave, Oh, so long ago. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND LET ME HAVE COURAGE by LUCILLE LONG |
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