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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN SEVERN'S SWEEPING FLOOD HAD OVERTHROWN, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: Let not our times halt in their better choice!
Subject(s): Severn (river), England; Floods; Wales; Churches
Last Line: Let not our times halt in their better choice!
Subject(s): Severn (river), England; Floods; Wales; Churches
When Severn's sweeping Flood had overthrown
St Mary's Church, the Preacher then would cry,
'''Thus, Christian people, God his might hath shown,
That ye to him your love may testify;
Haste and rebuild the Pile.''' But not a stone
Resumed its place''"age after age went by,
And Heaven still lacked its due, though piety
In secret did, we trust, her loss bemoan.
But now her Spirit hath put forth its claim
In power, and Poesy would lend her voice''"
Let the New Work be worthy of its aim,
That in its beauty Cardiff may rejoice!
Oh! in the Past if cause there was for shame,
Let not our Times halt in their better choice!
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