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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARADE: 1, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poet's Biography First Line: The veiling shades of night departed Last Line: For they tamed the pride of the moslem foe. Subject(s): Swords | |||
THE veiling shades of night departed, On Lebanon's heights was a rosy glow, When the serried ranks of the Lion-hearted Prepared for my first at the Moslem foe. A voice was heard, like a clarion proud, Forth, forth to battle, to glory go! To my lovely second I solemnly vowed To crush the insolent Moslem foe. And forth they went, but the voice was stilled,— A stroke of my whole had laid him low; By other hands was the vow fulfilled, For they tamed the pride of the Moslem foe. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INDIGNATION; AN ODE by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE SWORD AND BUCKLER; OR, SERVING-MAN'S DEFENCE by WILLIAM BASSE BITTER CHOICE by ELLEN MAGRATH CARROLL A SONG OF BATTLE by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE THE SWORD by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE QUATRAIN ON ACHILLES by CATHERINE DES ROCHES A BROKEN SWORD by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE SWORD DEMANDS by EDWIN BARLOW EVANS THE SURPRISE OF ANTIOCH by RICHARD SOLOMON GEDNEY CONSECRATION HYMN by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL I DID THIS FOR THEE! WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME? by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL A BIRTHDAY GREETING TO MY FATHER, 1860 by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL |
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