Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VERSES TO THE DUCHESS OF HAMILTON (AFTER DEATH OF ADMIRAL LORD FISHER), by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At your dungavel, solitary and high Last Line: With her great soul beside him. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Fisher, John. 1st Baron. (1841-1920) | ||||||||
AT your Dungavel, solitary and high, That looks o'er vales of tilth to mountains barren, And faintly sees against the western sky The dark, far brows of Arran, -- There first I heard his voice, 'mid moorsides lone, And last in haunts of the soft southland weather, Where daily your fair children and my own Played on your lawns together. His ageless eyes burned with unsquandered power; His countenance, when that magic smile came o'er it, Was like a sea-crag breaking into flower Though all the tempests gore it. Famed, feared, and loved: with no proud riches, save A purer wealth than heaped and warded treasure: The rare and noble friendship that you gave In most abounding measure; -- Such did I see him, such did he stand forth, Catching the light of your own gentler presence, On those grave uplands of the stormy North, Or 'mid your southern pleasance. And I behold him still -- though but in dream: Fighting the thunderous battle his fate denied him: Fighting for England her dread fight supreme, With her great soul beside him. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES [OR, DOMINIONS] by WILLIAM WATSON ESTRANGEMENT by WILLIAM WATSON LACHRYMAE MUSARUM (THE DEATH OF TENNYSON) by WILLIAM WATSON A BALLAD OF SEMMERWATER (A NORTH-COUNTRY LEGEND) by WILLIAM WATSON A DIZZYING SURMISE by WILLIAM WATSON A DOUBTFUL NECESSITY by WILLIAM WATSON A GOLDEN HOUR by WILLIAM WATSON |
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