Variations of Greek Themes. I. A Happy Man
Variations of Greek Themes. I. A Happy Man
Original Text
Collected Poems, with an introduction by John Drinkwater (London: Cecil Palmer, 1922): 225-26. PS 3535 O25A17 1922 Robarts Library.
1When these graven lines you see,
2Traveler, do not pity me;
3Though I be among the dead,
4Let no mournful word be said.
5Children that I leave behind,
6And their children, all were kind;
7Near to them and to my wife,
8I was happy all my life.
9My three sons I married right,
10And their sons I rocked at night;
11Death nor sorrow ever brought
12Cause for one unhappy thought.
13Now, and with no need of tears,
14Here they leave me, full of years,--
15Leave me to my quiet rest
16In the region of the blest.
Publication Start Year
1902
Publication Notes
Captain Craig (1902), p. 172.
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 1998.
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