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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARECHAL NIEL, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Before those counterscarps of lace Last Line: It were a venture worth your daring! Subject(s): Niel, Adolphe (1802-1869) | |||
BEFORE those counterscarps of lace, Which offer such undreamed resistance, I have so fallen into disgrace, O Marshal, that I crave assistance. In vain I send my Jacqueminot Each day to speak her fair and tender; With scornful lip the lovely foe Each day refuses to surrender. I cry you help, O flower of knights, Upon my bended knee I sue it; If any man can scale those heights, You, Marshal, you're the man can do it! To plant above that heart of steel (In front of which I bend despairing) Your golden ensign -- Marshal Niel, It were a venture worth your daring! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH APPRECIATION by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BABY BELL by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BEFORE THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BY THE POTOMAC by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH FREDERICKSBURG by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH GUILIELMUS REX by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH HEREDITY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH MEMORY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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