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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANSWER TO STANZAS TO LADY HESKETH, BY CATHERINE FANSHAWE, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To be remembered thus is fame Last Line: But never lodged so well. Subject(s): Fame; Reputation | |||
To be remembered thus is Fame, And in the first degree; And did the few like her the same, The press might sleep for me. So Homer, in the memory stored Of many a Grecian belle, Was once preserved--a richer hoard, But never lodged so well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THEM AND US by LUCILLE CLIFTON A MAN TO A WOMAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DEATH AND FAME by ALLEN GINSBERG EARTH'S IMMORTALITIES: FAME by ROBERT BROWNING STANZAS WRITTEN ON THE ROAD BETWEEN FLORENCE AND PISA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON PROVIDE, PROVIDE by ROBERT FROST A COMPARISON by WILLIAM COWPER |
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