Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 2: 38. ELIZABETH, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hail, virgin queen! O'er many an envious bar Last Line: By men and angels blest, the glorious light? Subject(s): Elizabeth I, Queen Of England (1533-1603 | ||||||||
HAIL, Virgin Queen! o'er many an envious bar Triumphant, snatched from many a treacherous wile! All hail, sage Lady, whom a grateful Isle Hath blest, respiring from that dismal war Stilled by thy voice! But quickly from afar Defiance breathes with more malignant aim; And alien storms with home-bred ferments claim Portentous fellowship. Her silver car, By sleepless prudence ruled, glides slowly on; Unhurt by violence, from menaced taint Emerging pure, and seemingly more bright: Ah! wherefore yields it to a foul constraint Black as the clouds its beams dispersed, while shone, By men and angels blest, the glorious light? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELIZABETH'S WAR WITH THE CHRISTMAS BEAR: 1601 by NORMAN DUBIE TIME TO BE WISE by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR FAREWELL TO ARMS by GEORGE PEELE THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: APRIL by EDMUND SPENSER THE HOUSE-WARMING; A LEGEND OF BLEEDING-HEART YARD by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM LAST DAYS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 27 by THOMAS CAMPION A BALLAD TO QUEEN ELIZABETH (OF THE SPANISH ARMADA) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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