Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOLILOQUY, by JOSEPH B. STRAUSS First Line: Head stones, head stones / vast-kingdom-of-the-dead stones Last Line: Waiting, ever waiting. Subject(s): Cemeteries; Graveyards | ||||||||
Head stones, head stones, Vast-kingdom-of-the-dead stones; Swiftly flashing on the sight, Through the blackness of the night, Ghostly ranks of ghastly white; Standing, ever standing, Waiting, ever waiting. Tombstones, tombstones, Of-all-that's-human doom-stones; Day by day their number grows, Silently the long line goes, Where and why -- God only knows; Standing, ever standing, Waiting, ever waiting. Grave stones, grave stones, Mark-of-our-honored-brave stones; Cenotaph and shaft and bier, Grief-swept lanes of dirge and tear, Through the ages, waiting here; Standing, ever standing, Waiting, ever waiting. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM FOR MY TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY by KENNETH KOCH THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE WIND by TED KOOSER JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL THE HILL ABOVE THE MINE by MALCOLM COWLEY |
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