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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 VARIATIONS: 15 by CONRAD AIKEN THE TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE (FOR EDWARD J. WHEELER) by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER WINTER EVENING by ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN A HYMN WRITTEN IN WINDSOR FOREST by ALEXANDER POPE THE PROUD MISS MACBRIDE; A LEGEND OF GOTHAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE MOUNT RAINIER by HERBERT BASHFORD PSALM 96 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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