Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT GOLDSMITH'S GRAVE, by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER First Line: To where he sleeps,-not near the honored dead Last Line: Within the warm affections of mankind. Subject(s): Goldsmith, Oliver (1730-1774); Graves; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
To where he sleeps,not near the honored dead In the dim aisle of some cathedral grand, But in behind old London's noisy Strand, Where late or soon you hear a hurrying tread One spring-like day my tired feet were led By fond desire, his sacred shrine to view; Finding thereon a bunch of violets blue, I stood awhile with an uncovered head, And heard their-message sweet: "He was not laid Beside his brothers in poetic art; He sleeps alone in his loved Temple's shade, But is embalmed within the human heart" Happy all they who like asylum find Within the warm affections of mankind. | 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 A CHILD'S GRAVE by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER |
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