An Epitaph by Stephen Hawes.

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.

Comments

Shamus

@Only欧令 Maybe in his dreams. 😅, He seems to have been a famous poet of that time.

2020.01.30 12:44
Only欧令

Got point😁 Was he a kind of legendary Knight?🏇

2020.01.30 12:37
Lily_The Dark Horse

@Shamus thanks a bunch 🌹

2020.01.30 11:01
Shamus

Also, the lyrical flow of it is pleasant.

2020.01.30 10:44
Shamus

I enjoyed this poem. Chiefly for its simple writing and understandable style.

2020.01.30 10:43
Shamus

@Only欧令 Hahaha. Perhaps a prophetic one because this poem was written over 200 years before the USA was established.

2020.01.30 10:43
Shamus

@Lily_The Dark Horse Hey, nice reading!

2020.01.30 10:42
Shamus

@Rei Wow. Thank you. 😊

2020.01.30 10:41
Only欧令

@Shamus Ahh, so as to he need a epitaph indeed. for Americans!😁

2020.01.27 14:50
Shamus

@Only欧令 This poem was actually written in 1523. 😌

2020.01.27 14:43
Only欧令

This man must be an American, because a British citizen needn't any epitaph at all like we have known.😎

2020.01.27 14:38
Rei

Your voice is easy to hear ! Made me relaxed as well 😀

2020.01.26 11:58