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Poem by John Donne


Fall of a Wall


Under an undermined and shot-bruised wall
A too-bold captain perish'd by the fall,
Whose brave misfortune happiest men envied,
That had a town for tomb, his bones to hide. 



John Donne


John Donne's other poems:
  1. Temple
  2. Oh My Blacke Soule! Now Thou Art Summoned
  3. Love’s Usury
  4. Crucifying
  5. The Indifferent


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