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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTTINGEN, by GEORGE CANNING Poet's Biography First Line: Whenever with haggard eyes I view Last Line: Music still continuing to play till it is wholly fallen.) Variant Title(s): Song By Rogero;rogero's Song Of One Eleven Years In Prison Subject(s): Prisons & Prisoners; Universities & Colleges; Convicts | |||
WHENE'ER with haggard eyes I view This dungeon, that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me in the U- -niversity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen. (Weeps, and pulls out a blue 'kerchief, with which he wipes his eyes; gazing lenderly at it, he proceeds.) Sweet 'kerchief checked with heavenly blue, Which once my love sat knotting in, Alas, Matilda then was true, At least I thought so at the U- -niversity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen. (At the repetition of this line Rogero clanks his chains in cadence.) Barbs! barbs! alas! how swift ye flew, Her neat post-wagon trotting in! Ye bore Matilda from my view; Forlorn I languished at the U- -niversity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen. This faded form! this pallid hue! This blood my veins is clotting in, My years are many--they were few When first I entered at the U- -niversity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen. There first for thee my passion grew, Sweet! sweet Matilda Pottingen! Thou wast the daughter of my tutor, Law Professor at the U. -nivesity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen. Sun, moon, and thou vain world, adieu, That kings and priests are plotting in; Here, doomed to starve on water-gruel, never shall I see the U- -niversity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen! (During the last stanza Rogero dashes his head repeatedly against the walls of his prison; and, finally, so hard as to produce a visible contusion. He then throws himself on the floor in an agony. The curtain drops--the music still continuing to play till it is wholly fallen.) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SECULAR GAMES by RICHARD HOWARD WHAT DID YOU SEE? by FANNY HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN |
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