Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS ON EMINENT CHARACTERS: 5. KOSKIUSKO, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O what a loud and fearful shriek was there Last Line: In the mere wilfulness, and sick despair of soul! Subject(s): Kosciuszko, Thaddeus (1746-1817) | ||||||||
O what a loud and fearful shriek was there, As though a thousand souls one death-groan poured! Ah me! they saw beneath a hireling's sword Their Koskiusko fall! Through the swart air (As pauses the tired Cossac's barbarous yell Of triumph) on the chill and midnight gale Rises with frantic burst or sadder swell The dirge of murdered Hope! while Freedom pale Bends in such anguish o'er her destined bier, As if from eldest time some Spirit meek Had gathered in a mystic urn each tear That ever on a Patriot's furrowed cheek Fit channel found, and she had drained the bowl In the mere wilfulness, and sick despair of soul! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KOSCIUSKO (ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS AID TO AMERICA) by MARGARETTE BALL DICKSON KOSCIUSKO by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A DAY DREAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY A VIEW, OF SADDLEBACK IN CUMBERLAND by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE AN INVOCATION; SONG, FR. REMORSE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE AN ODE TO THE RAIN by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE ANSWER TO A CHILD'S QUESTION by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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