EPIGRAMS. 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. Source: Donne, John. Poems of John Donne. vol II. E. K. Chambers, ed. London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1896. 210. to Works of John Donne Site copyright ©1996-2003 Anniina Jokinen.All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on January 2, 2000. Background by the kind permission of Stormi Wallpaper Boutique.