Death & Dying
A Grave Error
From My Lyrical Life, Second Series (1889)
Death & Dying
He trampled Freedom underfoot;
Amid her murdered dead struck root;
He made their tomb his place of trust!
And now the blood hath turned to rust
The Dead men crumble into dust:
His power sinks in that burial-place,
And He is caught in their embrace!
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Codex Note
From the section "War-Waits" of My Lyrical Life, Second Series (1889).
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Massey, Gerald. “A Grave Error.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/261/.
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Massey, Gerald. “A Grave Error.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/261/.
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