Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ELEGY ON JENNINGS HILL, by MARSHALL SULLAVAN


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ELEGY ON JENNINGS HILL, by                    
First Line: The snow lies deep on jennings hill
Last Line: Upon her crest discounts their hours.
Subject(s): Death; Mourning; Dead, The; Bereavement


The snow lies deep on Jennings Hill,
The snow lies white, the snow lies cold,
And men who sleep on Jennings Hill
Now are so meek, who once were bold.

Once they who lie here all entombed
Arose to battle, knew the strife
That meets all mankind thus bewombed
Between the brittle walls of life.
Once they were mighty; once their deep veins
Pulsed with the pressure of proud blood,
And empires sprang from nimble brains
And love begat a laughing brood.

Now they are gone; now these men sleep.
Now crosses rise above their graves;
And they are still while their wives weep
Or pray in darkened churchly naves;
For they are still and shattered dust,
They are akin to nought but waste,
They know no hunger, have no lust,
They've reached the goal to which men haste.

All peaceful lie; and Jennings Hill
Above them rests, above them towers;
For all men die; and Jennings Hill
Upon her crest discounts their hours.





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