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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH: 34, by MARGARET SACKVILLE Poet's Biography First Line: Because too proud almost to live or die Last Line: Over this mound of earth stumbled and fell. Subject(s): Epitaphs; Pride; Self-esteem; Self-respect | |||
Because too proud almost to live or die, I walked, despising earth, ambitiously, Earth took revenge—for I, when all seemed well, Over this mound of earth stumbled and fell. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROCK AND HAWK by ROBINSON JEFFERS GODOLPHIN HORNE, WHO WAS CURSED WITH THE SIN OF PRIDE, AND BECAME A BOOT-BLACK by HILAIRE BELLOC PRIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 1 by KENNETH REXROTH PRIMER LESSON by CARL SANDBURG HAEC FABULA DOCET by ROBERT FROST VICTIM OF HIMSELF by MARVIN BELL |
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