Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTION FOR A MONUMENT IN THE NEW FOREST, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is the place where william's kingly power Last Line: Pray for the wicked rulers of mankind. Subject(s): Canada; Courts & Courtiers; Evil; Forests; King, William Lyon Mackenzie (1874-1950); Prayer; Canadians; Woods | ||||||||
THIS is the place where William's kingly power Did from their poor and peaceful homes expel, Unfriended, desolate, and shelterless, The habitants of all the fertile tract Far as these wilds extend. He levelled down Their little cottages, he bade their fields Lie barren, so that o'er the forest waste He might more royally pursue his sports! If that thine heart be human, passenger! Sure it will swell within thee, and thy lips Will mutter curses on him. Think thou, then, What cities flame, what hosts unsepulchred Pollute the passing wind, when raging power Drives on his blood-hounds to the chase of man; And as thy thoughts anticipate that day When God shall judge aright, in charity Pray for the wicked rulers of mankind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRINCESS WAKES IN THE WOOD by RANDALL JARRELL CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE ADVICE TO A FOREST by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST by AMY LOWELL JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY IN BLACKWATER WOODS by MARY OLIVER THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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