Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TEGEA: A GRAVE, by SIMONIDES OF CEOS Poet's Biography First Line: Here let them lie, remembered well Last Line: Her garland in the dust. Alternate Author Name(s): Simonides Of Keos Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
HERE let them lie, remembered well, Who died for Tegea, spear in hand, The guardians of her citadel And flocks that graze her land. With Hellas' freedom for their crown In battle onward still they thrust, That she might live, nor tumble down Her garland in the dust. | 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 THE LAMENTATION OF DANAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS |
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