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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RIFLEMAN FORM!, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a sound of thunder afar Last Line: Riflemen, riflemen, riflemen form! Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): The War Subject(s): Fights; Prudence; Rifles; Soldiers; Sound; Storms; Caution | |||
THERE is a sound of thunder afar, Storm in the South that darkens the day! Storm of battle and thunder of war! Well if it do not roll our way. Storm, Storm, Riflemen form! Ready, be ready against the storm! Riflemen, Riflemen, Riflemen form! Be not deaf to the sound that warns, Be not gull'd by a despot's plea! Are figs of thistles? or grapes of thorns? How can a despot feel with the Free? Form, Form, Riflemen Form! Ready, be ready to meet the storm! Riflemen, Riflemen, Riflemen form! Let your reforms for a moment go! Look to your butts, and take good aims! Better a rotten borough or so Than a rotten fleet and a city in flames! Storm, Storm, Riflemen form! Ready, be ready against the storm! Riflemen, Riflemen, Riflemen form! Form, be ready to do or die! Form in Freedom's name and the Queen's! True we have got -- such a faithful ally That only the Devil can tell what he means. Form, Form, Riflemen Form! Ready, be ready to meet the storm! Riflemen, Riflemen, Riflemen form! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CAUTIOUS HOUSEHOLDER by ANAXILAS THE ELDER'S WARNING; A LAY OF THE CONVOCATION by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN OF CAUTION by FRANCESCO DA BARBERINI PRUDENCE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON A MAIDEN'S DREAM by ROBERT GREENE THE SECRET by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD A CHARACTER by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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