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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THRENODY, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Upon your hearse this flower I lay Last Line: How vain the voices of mortality! Subject(s): Lament | |||
I Upon your hearse this flower I lay. Brief be your sleep! You shall be known When lesser men have had their day: Fame blossoms where true seed is sown, Or soon or late, let Time wrong what it may. II Unvext by any dream of fame, You smiled, and bade the world pass by: But I -- I turned, and saw a name Shaping itself against the sky -- White star that rose amid the battle's flame! III Brief be your sleep, for I would see Your laurels -- ah, how trivial now To him must earthly laurel be Who wears the amaranth on his brow! How vain the voices of mortality! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGY ASKING THAT IT BE THE LAST; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE ELEGY FOR WRIGHT & HUGO by NORMAN DUBIE ELEGY TO THE PULLEY OF SUPERIOR OBLIQUE by NORMAN DUBIE THE ELEGY FOR INTEGRAL DOMAINS by NORMAN DUBIE BRAVURA LAMENT by DANIEL HALPERN THE UNPEOPLED, CONVENTIONAL ROSE-GARDEN' by KENNETH REXROTH BETWEEN TWO WARS by KENNETH REXROTH AFTER THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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