REDOUBTED King, of courage leonine, I mark thee, Richard! urgent to equip Thy warlike person with the staff and scrip; I watch thee sailing o'er the midland brine; In conquered Cyprus see thy Bride decline Her blushing cheek, love-vows upon her lip, And see love-emblems streaming from thy ship, As thence she holds her way to Palestine. My Song, a fearless homager, would attend Thy thundering battle-axe as it cleaves the press Of war, but duty summons her away To tell -- how, finding in the rash distress Of those Enthusiasts a subservient friend, To giddier heights hath clomb the Papal sway. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MR. FLOOD'S PARTY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON STILL, STILL WITH THEE by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE TO E. L., ON HIS TRAVELS IN GREECE by ALFRED TENNYSON WHERE LIES THE LAND by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH VERSES FOR CHILDREN: MAPLE TREE by ZEDA K. AILES |