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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DUST TO DUST, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poet's Biography First Line: Dust to dust!' cries out an ancient church Last Line: And lo! From every tomb the stone is rolled. Subject(s): Cemeteries; Death; Dust; Funerals; Graves; Graveyards; Dead, The; Burials; Tombs; Tombstones | |||
"DUST to dust!" cries out an ancient church, Above the lonely graves of all her dead; Better the silent lip, could no sweet word Of tender hope and pity there be said. "Earth to earth, and ashes unto ashes!" Not thus to trembling hearts spake Christ of old. "Thy dead shall live," breathes from the Sacred Page, And lo! from every tomb the stone is rolled. | 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 A MODERN PREACHER by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN |
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