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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HADRIAN'S DEATH-SONG, by PUBLIUS AELIUS HADRIANUS Poet's Biography First Line: Soul, rudderless, unbraced Last Line: Dumb to thy wonted jest. Alternate Author Name(s): Hadrian Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
Soul rudderless, unbraced, The Body's friend and guest, Whither away today? Unsuppled, pale, discased, Dumb to thy wonted jest. | 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 ON THE SOUL by PUBLIUS AELIUS HADRIANUS |
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