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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AGAINST MY DEATH, by DOROTHY QUICK
First Line: I want to build a house against my death
Last Line: Without some comfort for eath's banishment.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mayer, John Adams, Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: I want to build a house against my death
Last Line: Without some comfort for eath's banishment.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mayer, John Adams, Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
I want to build a house against my death,
No pyramid or Tuscan marble tomb,
I have no terror of the wind's soft breath
Or dread that earth will take me to her womb.
But I would build a house of gentle deeds,
Well chosen words to keep my memory bright,
Of knowledge that I answered human needs
And brought to days of dark, a little light.
A house of kindness, timbered strong with faith,
Enriched by hours lived nobly to the hilt,
Fashioned so well that when I am a wraith
I can regard with pride the house I built.
For ghosts in limbo never rest content
Without some comfort for eath's banishment.
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