Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OLD ROMAN SHIELD FOUND IN THE THAMES (2), by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: He drew it home - he heaved it to the bank Last Line: Push boldly to the shore, the friend of all? Subject(s): Great Britain - Roman Conquest | ||||||||
He drew it home - he heaved it to the bank - No modern waif, but an old Roman targe; The mild familiar swan in terror shrank From the rude plash, and left the weltering marge. Low rang the iron boss; the fisher stared At his new capture, while, in mystic tones, The lost shield called its legion, whose death-groans And clash of onset it had seen and heard. Oh! when shall better thoughts be dear to man, Than rapine and ambition, fraud and hate? Oh! when shall War, like this old buckler, fall Into disuse, drowned by its own dead weight? And Commerce, buoyant as the living swan, Push boldly to the shore, the friend of all? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SONG TO MITHRAS by RUDYARD KIPLING ARTHUR AND ALBINA by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS CASWALLON'S TRIUMPH by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS DRUID CHORUS ON THE LANDING OF THE ROMANS by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE BARDS; TO THE SOLDIERS OF CARACTACUS by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 33. A ROMAN ROAD by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. A PICT SONG by RUDYARD KIPLING TO VALERIA (A ROMAN LADY BURIED AT CAERLEON DURING ROMAN OCCUPATION) by ARTHUR GLYN PRYS-JONES HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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