BUT, to remote Northumbria's royal Hall, Where thoughtful Edwin, tutored in the school Of sorrow, still maintains a heathen rule, 'Who' comes with functions apostolical? Mark him, of shoulders curved, and stature tall, Black hair, and vivid eye, and meagre cheek, His prominent feature like an eagle's beak; A Man whose aspect doth at once appal And strike with reverence. The Monarch leans Toward the pure truths this Delegate propounds Repeatedly his own deep mind he sounds With careful hesitation, -- then convenes A synod of his Councillors: -- give ear, And what a pensive Sage doth utter, hear! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LORD WALTER'S WIFE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING MOTHERHOOD by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY MORNING by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 2 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE SHIPMAN'S TALE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THRENODY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |