Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FREDERICK III OF GERMANY, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: Not the bold brandenburg, at prussia's birth Last Line: The manliest emperor, the imperial man! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Germany; Heroism; Prussia; Germans; Heroes; Heroines | ||||||||
NOT the bold Brandenburg, at Prussia's birth; Nor yet Great Frederick when his fields were won, And her domain stretched wide beneath the sun; Nor William whose Sedan aroused the earth, Was hero, conqueror, like the king whose worth And woe subdued the world beside his bier. Serene he walked with death through year and year Slow-measured; braving torture's deeps in dearth Of hope the faithful, steadfast, lofty soul! Ah, chant no dirge for him, but joyful pæan! While Baltic laves its borders, Rhine doth roll, No truer life will seek the empyrean Than his whose fame nor realm nor age can span The manliest emperor, the imperial man! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON NOTES FOR AN ELEGY by WILLIAM MEREDITH THE EROTICS OF HISTORY by EAVAN BOLAND A SONG FOR HEROES by EDWIN MARKHAM AFTER THE BROKEN ARM by RON PADGETT PRELUDE; FOR GEOFFREY GORER by EDITH SITWELL EXAMINATION OF THE HERO IN A TIME OF WAR by WALLACE STEVENS COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |
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