Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A TOMB BY THE SEA, by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS Poet's Biography First Line: Eight fathoms from me stay, unquiet seas Last Line: No treasure -- just a heap of dust and bones. Alternate Author Name(s): Asklepiades Of Samos Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
EIGHT fathoms from me stay, unquiet seas, And boil and bluster noisy as you please. Rend not my tomb; there lies beneath these stones No treasure -- just a heap of dust and bones. | 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 ARCHEANASSA by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS |
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