Death & Dying
Poor Man's Grave
From The Villager's Verse-Book
Death & Dying
Old Andrews of the hut is dead,
And many a child appears,
Whilst slowly "dust to dust" is read,
Around his grave in tears.
A good man gone where small and great,
And poor, and high and low,
And Dives, proud in worldly state,
And Lazarus, must go.
May we among the just be found,
Though short our sojourn here,
Who, when the trump of death shall sound,
May hear it without fear!
Cite this poem
MLA
Bowles, William Lisle. “Poor Man's Grave.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bowles/114/.
Chicago
Bowles, William Lisle. “Poor Man's Grave.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bowles/114/.
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