Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDEA: 32. TO THE RIVER ANKER, by MICHAEL DRAYTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our flood's-queen thames for ships and swans is crown'd Last Line: That fair idea only lives by thee. Subject(s): Rivers | ||||||||
Our flood's-queen Thames for ships and swans is crown'd, And stately Severn for her shore is prais'd, The crystal Trent for fords and fish renown'd, And Avon's fame to Albion's cliffs is rais'd; Carlegion Chester vaunts her holy Dee, York many wonders of her Ouse can tell, The Peak her Dove, whose banks so fertile be, And Kent will say her Medway doth excell; Cotswold commends her Isis to the Thame, Our Northern borders boast of Tweed's fair flood, Our Western parts extol their Wylye's fame, And the old Lea brags of the Danish blood. Arden's sweet Anker, let thy glory be, That fair Idea only lives by thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL TO A WOMAN GLANCING UP FROM THE RIVER by LARRY LEVIS TWO-RIVER LEDGER by KHALED MATTAWA HE FINDS THE MANSION by JAMES MCMICHAEL THE RIVERS by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA VERMILION FLYCATCHER, SAN PEDRO RIVER, ARIZONA by MARGARET ATWOOD THE PORCH OVER THE RIVER by WENDELL BERRY THE RIVER BRIDGED AND FORGOT by WENDELL BERRY CANZONET: TO HIS COY LOVE by MICHAEL DRAYTON |
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