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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON COLONEL GARDINER, WHO WAS SLAIN IN BATTLE OF PRESTON PANS, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poet's Biography First Line: While fainter merit asks the powers of verse Last Line: And surely his a glorious road to god. Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; Honor; Soldiers; Dead, The | |||
WHILE fainter merit asks the powers of verse, Our faithful line shall GARDINER'S worth rehearse. The bleeding hero, and the martyr'd saint, Transcends the poet's pen, the herald's paint. His the best path to fame that e'er was trod, And surely his a glorious road to God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND THE FIRESIDE by NATHANIEL COTTON EPITAPH ON A LADY, WHO HAD LABOURED UNDER A CANCER by NATHANIEL COTTON |
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