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Poem by Thomas Hood


Epigram


After such years of dissension and strife, 
Some wonder that Peter should weep for his wife: 
But his tears on her grave are nothing surprising, – 
He’s laying her dust, for fear of its rising.



Thomas Hood


Thomas Hood's other poems:
  1. The Lee Shore
  2. Sonnet (By ev'ry sweet tradition of true hearts)
  3. The World Is with Me
  4. Ballad (Spring it is cheery)
  5. Verses in an Album


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • George Byron Epigram ("In digging up your bones, Tom Paine") January 2, 1820
  • William Blake Epigram ("You say their Pictures well Painted be")
  • Ernest Dowson Epigram ("Because I am idolatrous and have besought")

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