Classic and Contemporary Poetry

ON SOUTHEY'S DEATH, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Friends! Hear the words my wandering thoughts would say
Last Line: And, shattered by the fall, I stand alone.
Subject(s): Death; Southey, Robert (1774-1843); Dead, The

Friends! hear the words my wandering thoughts would say,
And cast them into shape some other day.
Southey, my friend of forty years, is gone,
And, shattered by the fall, I stand alone.