After earth has stopped the ears.
Echoes" of the addressee's foot have not yet faded, nor has the "challenge-cup" been lost. This poem laments that laurel "withers quicker than the rose" and "silence sounds no worse than cheers/After earth has stopped the ears." The title character is twice carried "shoulder-high," finally being set down with a garland still on his head. For 10 points, name this A.E. Housman poem commemorating the tragic end of a figure who once "won [his] town the race."
Echoes" of the addressee's foot have not yet faded, nor has the "challenge-cup" been lost.
“{To An Athlete Dying Young}”