Death & Dying
Sapphic Fragment
From Poems of the Past and the Present
Death & Dying
“Thou shalt be—Nothing.”—OMAR KHAYYÁM.
“Tombless, with no remembrance.”—W. SHAKESPEARE.
DEAD shalt thou lie; and nought
Be told of thee or thought,
For thou hast plucked not of the Muses’ tree:
And even in Hades’ halls
Amidst thy fellow-thralls
No friendly shade thy shade shall company!
Cite this poem
MLA
Hardy, Thomas. “Sapphic Fragment.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/260/.
Chicago
Hardy, Thomas. “Sapphic Fragment.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hardy/260/.
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