Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES TO THE MEMORY OF PITT, by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O britain, dear isle! When the annals of story Last Line: Preserved thee to conquer, and saved thee to save. Alternate Author Name(s): Macaulay, 1st Baron Subject(s): Pitt, William, The Younger (1759-1806) | ||||||||
OBRITAIN, dear isle! when the annals of story Shall tell of the deeds that thy children have done, When the strains of each poet shall sing of their glory, And the triumphs their skill and their valor have won; When the olive and palm in thy chaplet are blended, When thy arts and thy fame and thy commerce increase, When thy arms through the uttermost coasts are extended, And thy war is triumphant, and happy thy peace; When the ocean, whose waves like a rampart flow round thee, Conveying thy mandates to every shore, And the empire of nature no longer can bound thee, And the world be the scene of thy conquests no more; Remember the man who in sorrow and danger, When thy glory was set and thy spirit was low, When thy hopes were o'erturned by the arms of the stranger, And thy banners displayed in the halls of the foe, Stood forth in the tempest of doubt and disaster, Unaided and single, the danger to brave, Asserted thy claims and the rights of his master, Preserved thee to conquer, and saved thee to save. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS ON EMINENT CHARACTERS: 6. PITT by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE FOR THE KING'S BIRTHDAY 1794 by HENRY JAMES PYE FOR THE NEW YEAR 1791 by HENRY JAMES PYE SONG FOR THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF PITT CLUB OF SCOTLAND by WALTER SCOTT THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN by ANONYMOUS BATTLE OF IVRY by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY EPITAPH ON A JACOBITE by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY HORATIUS [AT THE BRIDGE], FR. LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY THE ARMADA; A FRAGMENT by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY THE BATTLE OF NASEBY by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN'S TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE; ELECTION BALLAD by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY |
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