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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEATH, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Beauty'll be no fairer than Last Line: Fits their skulls for bells, not crowns. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
Beauty'll be no fairer than Aged dame so shrunk and wan, Whom she looks on proudly. Now, Did Death strike them sudden low, Strike them down, a little while Vanished Beauty's velvet smile, Ugly grinner she, and few Mark the difference 'tween these two. Nothing here shall arbitrate, Chivalry intimidate, Hour of doom, or change Death's laws; Kings hire no ambassadors. Death makes monarchs grinning clowns, Fits their skulls for bells, not crowns. | 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 A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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