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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TOMB OF THE CONQUEROR, by EDWARD ROBESON TAYLOR Poet's Biography
First Line: No shadowy vault where pale catalpas bloom
Last Line: The father of the waters guards de soto.
Subject(s): De Soto, Hernando (1500-1542); Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: No shadowy vault where pale catalpas bloom
Last Line: The father of the waters guards de soto.
Subject(s): De Soto, Hernando (1500-1542); Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
No shadowy vault where pale catalpas bloom,
Or tulip trees, black with white petals dressed,
His mortal shard receives to final rest;
Florida subdued has failed to afford him room.
With high deserts ill sorts a common doom:
Shroud of the conqueror of the Indies West,
Broad Mississippi sweeps above his breast;
Grizzly and Redskin trouble not his tomb.
Asleep where the mighty river ceaseless rolls,
What need of candles, effigies, and scrolls,
The psalm, the chapel ardent, the ex-voto?
Through cypress trees the storm-winds of the North
Requiem and dirge and litany pour forth:
The Father of the Waters guards De Soto.
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