Bury him deep. So damned a work should lie Nearer the Devil than man. Make him a bed Beneath some lock-jawed hell, that never yawns With earthquake or eruption; and so deep That he may hear the devil and his wife In bed, talking secrets. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE VILLAGE by HAYDEN CARRUTH STORIES ARE MADE OF MISTAKES by JAMES GALVIN THE RIGHT TO GRIEF by CARL SANDBURG ISN'T IT ROMANTIC by KAREN SWENSON THE CHAM TOWERS AT DA NANG by KAREN SWENSON A FORGOTTEN TUNE by PAUL VERLAINE |