Elegy

Aleister Crowley 1875 (Leamington Spa) – 1947 (Hastings)



Here rests beneath this hospitable spot
A youth to flats and flatties not unknown.
The Plymouth Brethren gave it to him hot;
Trinity, Cambridge, claimed him for her own.

At chess a minor master, Hoylake set
His handicap a 2. Love drove him crazy;
Thrre thousand women used to call him “pet”;
In other gardens daffodil or daisy?

He climbed a lot of mountains in his time.
He stalked the tiger, bear and elephant.
he wrote a stack of poems, some sublime
Some not. Plays, essays, pictures, tales -my aunt!

He had the gift of laughing at himself.
Most affably he talked and walked with God.
And now the silly bastard’s on the shelf,
We’ve buried him beneath another sod.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 23, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 667
Words 122
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, and mountaineer. more…

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