Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VIRTUE THE BEST MONUMENT, by WALTER RALEIGH Poet's Biography First Line: Not caesar's birth made caesar to survive, / but caesar's virtues .. Yet alive Last Line: Or faintly beating, show them dead or ill. Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter Subject(s): Virtue | ||||||||
Not Caesar's birth made Caesar to survive, But Caesar's virtues, which are yet alive. A great man's vices damn his fame so deep There's no redemption when his virtues sleep. Actions crown virtues, and like pulses prove Whether the soul of's greatness sweetly move With nature's harmony, which standing still, Or faintly beating, show them dead or ill. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY GOOD FATHER by CAROLYN KIZER ARCADY TOMBEAU by DONALD REVELL LIFE'S MIRROR by MARY AINGE DE VERE IDEA: TO THE READER OF THESE SONNETS, INTRODUCTION by MICHAEL DRAYTON VIRTUE [OR, VERTUE] by GEORGE HERBERT A VISION UPON [THIS CONCEIT] OF THE FAERIE QUEENE (1) by WALTER RALEIGH A VISION UPON [THIS CONCEIT] OF THE FAERIE QUEENE (2) by WALTER RALEIGH |
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