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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PASTIME OF PLEASURE: THE EPITAPH OF GRAUNDE AMOURE, by STEPHEN HAWES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O mortal folk, you may behold and see Last Line: At last the bells ringeth to evensong. | |||
O MORTAL folk, you may behold and see How I lie here, sometime a mighty knight; The end of joy and all prosperitee Is death at last, thorough his course and might: After the day there cometh the dark night, For though the daye be never so long, At last the bells ringeth to evensong. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PASTIME OF PLEASURE: THE TRUE KNIGHT by STEPHEN HAWES THE DELICACIES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 41 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE MASK by CLARISSA SCOTT DELANY THE EVE OF ST. AGNES by JOHN KEATS EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: A DRIFTER OFF TARENTUM by RUDYARD KIPLING THE WASHERS OF THE SHROUD; OCTOBER, 1861 by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL LOST HAPPINESS by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS |
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