Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHARIOTEER'S GRAVE, by THOMAS WALSH 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." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL A BALLAD OF OLD POPE JOHN by THOMAS WALSH |
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