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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEATH AND FAME, by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY Poet's Biography
First Line: I have planted a flower on the peak
Last Line: And fame is where they are.
Subject(s): Death; Fame; Dead, The; Reputation
First Line: I have planted a flower on the peak
Last Line: And fame is where they are.
Subject(s): Death; Fame; Dead, The; Reputation
I HAVE planted a flower on the peak;
My soul has cast its star.
Star and peak! and dawn's a-streak!
And my tomb is where they are.
Though never a climber scale the height
Where my love exhales its fire, --
Though only the heavenly side of night
Shakes with my soul's desire, --
There, on the peak, a life's perfume!
There, cresting the dark, a star!
There, light that breaks upon a tomb! --
And fame is where they are.
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