Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TOMB OF ETERNAL LIFE, by KATHRYN WHITE RYAN Poet's Biography First Line: From a port-hole his boy-face gazed back Last Line: Crowds heave eternal life on him. Subject(s): Future Life; Graves; Soldiers; War; Youth; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
KATHRYN WHITE RYAN From a port-hole his boy-face gazed back From a shell hole he fought the attack He heard cries, he saw flame, he was burned. ... In silence ... returned. ... Like breakers of slow seas Folding their drooping rim Crowds heave eternal life on him. | 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 BLASTING by KATHRYN WHITE RYAN |
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