Written with a Pencil in Darfield Churchyard
Written with a Pencil in Darfield Churchyard
Original Text
Ebenezer Elliott, The Poetical Works (London: H.S. King, 1876). PR 4699 .E5 A14 1876 UTL at Downsview
1Man draws his fleeting breath
2In doubt and fear,
3Though life for ever blooms,
4And smiling ev'n on tombs,
5Bids beauty say to death,
6"What dost thou here?"
Publication Start Year
1850
Publication Notes
More Verse and Prose by the Cornlaw Rhymer, Ed. John Watkins (1850) [the poet's son-in-law].
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2009
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