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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE YEAR OF SHAME: THE KNELL OF CHIVALRY, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O vanished morn of crimson and of gold
Last Line: Sleeps a dull sleep, beside his idle spear.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Chivalry
First Line: O vanished morn of crimson and of gold
Last Line: Sleeps a dull sleep, beside his idle spear.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Chivalry
O VANISHED morn of crimson and of gold,
O youth and roselight and romance, wherein
I read of paynim and of paladin,
And Beauty snatched from ogre's dungeoned hold!
Ever the recreant, then, in dust was rolled,
Ever the true knight in the joust did win,
Ever the scaly shape of monstrous Sin
At last lay vanquished, fold on writhing fold.
Was it all false, that world of princely deeds,
The splendid quest, the good fight ringing clear?
Yonder the Dragon ramps with fiery gorge,
Yonder the victim faints and gasps and bleeds;
But in his merry England our St. George
Sleeps a dull sleep, beside his idle spear.
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