Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GRAVE OF LAWRENCE, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography First Line: Morn and noon of day and even, human ebb and flow Last Line: As a burning inspiration both on land and sea. Subject(s): Lawrence, James (1781-1813); Trinity Churchyard (new York); U.s. - History | ||||||||
Morn and noon of day and even, human ebb and flow; Overhead, the stars of midnight, -- scarce the faintest glow, -- Shrunken into misty marsh-fires be the city's glare; Here he sleeps, our sailor hero, -- pause and hail him fair! Here he sleeps where jostling Wall Street merges in Broadway, And the roar is as a legion leaping to the fray. Out from Trinity's dim portal floats the chanting choir; Matchless midst the girdling granite lifts the graceful spire. Many slumberers around him, men of church and state; Here he sleeps, our sailor hero, great among the great! Simple lines to mark his slumber; how the letters speak! "Lawrence (hark, ye money getters!) of the Chesapeake!" Stone may call in clearer accents than the loudest lip. Just a name! What does it cry you? "Don't give up the ship!" Aye, there's something more than millions, -- a far nobler aim! Here he sleeps, our sailor hero, nothing but a name! Yet (and who can pierce the future?) this may one day be As a burning inspiration both on land and sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OLD OSAWATOMIE by CARL SANDBURG THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG by HARRY MACARTHY LEE'S PAROLE by MARION MANVILLE THE SURRENDER OF NEW ORLEANS by MARION MANVILLE THE LITTLE ODYSSEY OF JASON QUINT, OF SCIENCE, DOCTOR by THOMAS MCGRATH A CANTICLE: SIGNIFICANT OF NATIONAL EXALTATION CLOSE OF WAR by HERMAN MELVILLE A GRAVE NEAR PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA by HERMAN MELVILLE |
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