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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH: FOR A PREACHER, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Vanity of vanities Last Line: Crumbled and turned to clay Subject(s): Vanity | |||
VANITY of vanities, All is vanity; yea, Even the rod He flayed you with Crumbled and turned to clay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THROUGH A GLASS EYE, LIGHTLY by CAROLYN KIZER THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT by ANNE BRADSTREET THE TENTH MUSE: THE VANITY OF ALL WORLDLY THINGS by ANNE BRADSTREET THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH by ROBERT BROWNING ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON AGING: ON THE VANITY OF EARTHLY GREATNESS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN THE SPIDER AND THE FLY by MARY HOWITT THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES; THE 10TH SATIRE OF JUVENAL, IMITATED by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITH LIFE by COUNTEE CULLEN |
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