This poem is taken from PN Review 28, Volume 9 Number 2, November - December 1982.
Second Death(Biographies)
A ten-pound Life will give you every fact
-Facts that he'd hoped his friends would not rehearse
To a condign posterity which lacked
Nothing of moment, since it had his verse.
Or so he thought. But now we come to read
What his more honest prudence had held in:
Tasteless compulsion into trivial deed,
...
The page you have requested is restricted to subscribers only. Please enter your username and password and click on 'Continue'.
If you have forgotten your username and password, please enter the email address you used when you joined. Your login details will then be emailed to the address specified.
If you are not a subscriber and would like to enjoy the 284 issues containing over 11,400 poems, articles, reports, interviews and reviews, why not subscribe to the website today?
If you have forgotten your username and password, please enter the email address you used when you joined. Your login details will then be emailed to the address specified.
If you are not a subscriber and would like to enjoy the 284 issues containing over 11,400 poems, articles, reports, interviews and reviews, why not subscribe to the website today?