Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CHARIOTEER'S GRAVE, by THOMAS WALSH



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THE CHARIOTEER'S GRAVE, by                    
First Line: In tarragona where the waves
Last Line: "would I had died within the circus cheer."
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Chariot Racing; Death; Graves; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones


IN Tarragona where the waves
Break on a harbour of imperial graves
Within the archaic Palace stands
A figure carved, the palm-branch in its hands,
And this inscription scrolled around:
"VICTIM OF FEVER; I AM IN THE GROUND;
QUINTUS THE VICTOR CHARIOTEER;
WOULD I HAD DIED WITHIN THE CIRCUS CHEER."





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