AND what melodious sounds at times prevail! And, ever and anon, how bright a gleam Pours on the surface of the turbid Stream! What heartfelt fragrance mingles with the gale That swells the bosom of our passing sail! For where, but on 'this' River's margin, blow Those flowers of chivalry, to bind the brow Of hardihood with wreaths that shall not fail? -- Fair Court of Edward! wonder of the world! I see a matchless blazonry unfurled Of wisdom, magnanimity, and love; And meekness tempering honourable pride; The lamb is couching by the lion's side, And near the flame-eyed eagle sits the dove. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE BAPTIST by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN GIRL TO SOLDIER ON LEAVE by ISAAC ROSENBERG ON THE THRESHOLD by ASTLEY H. BALDWIN THE EMPIRE STATE by LUCY BURGMAN EPITAPH FOR JOSEPH BLACKETT, LATE POET AND SHOEMAKER by GEORGE GORDON BYRON ELEGIE UPON ANACREON, WHO WAS CHOAKED BY A GRAPE-STONE by ABRAHAM COWLEY |