Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DE AEGYPTO, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poet's Biography First Line: Where the wet bank shines Last Line: If I die not in my own land. Subject(s): Blackbirds; Death; Flowers; Hearts; Moon; Violets; Dead, The | ||||||||
Where the wet bank shines With the celandines, And the marigolds mock the moon, Where the violets tender Their deep hearts render To the blackbirds' wistful tune, Where the woolly sheep In their hurdles sleep And the rooks caw from the trees, I must go; for the end Is at hand, my friend, And my heart is sick for these. I must go; for the end Is near, my friend; We have lived. Let loose my hand! I can get no ease In my death, Felise, If I die not in my own land. | 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 |
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