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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NUDUS REDIBO, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Naked I came, when I began to be Last Line: And slumber both stark naked, he and I. | |||
NAKED I came, when I began to be A man among the Sons of Misery, Tender, unarm'd, helpless, and quite forlorn, E'er since 'twas my hard fortune to be born; And when the space of a few weary days Shall be expir'd, then must I go my ways. Naked I shall return, and nothing have, Nothing wherewith to bribe my hungry Grave. Then what's the proudest Monarch's glittering robe, Or what's he, more than I, that rul'd the globe? Since we must all without distinction die, And slumber both stark naked, he and I. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHARACTER OF A BELLY-GOD; CATIUS AND HORACE by THOMAS FLATMAN A DIALOGUE; CLORIS AND PARTHENISSA by THOMAS FLATMAN A DIALOGUE; ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE by THOMAS FLATMAN A DOOMS-DAY THOUGHT by THOMAS FLATMAN A SONG ON NEW-YEAR'S DAY BEFORE THE KING, CAR. 2 by THOMAS FLATMAN A THOUGHT OF DEATH by THOMAS FLATMAN ADVICE TO AN OLD MAN OF SIXTY-THREE, ABOUT TO MARRY A GIRL OF SIXTEEN by THOMAS FLATMAN AGAINST THOUGHTS by THOMAS FLATMAN |
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