Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET TO THE HUNGARIAN NATION, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not in sunk spain's prolong'd death agony Last Line: And the armada flung to the fierce main. Subject(s): Hungary | ||||||||
NOT in sunk Spain's prolong'd death agony; Not in rich England, bent but to make pour The flood of the world's commerce on her shore; Not in that madhouse, France, from whence the cry Afflicts grave Heaven with its long senseless roar; Not in American vulgarity, Nor wordy German imbecility-- Lies any hope of heroism more. Hungarians! Save the world! Renew the stories Of men who against hope repell'd the chain, And make the world's dead spirit leap again! On land renew that Greek exploit, whose glories Hallow the Salaminian promontories, And the Armada flung to the fierce main. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MUSIC OF HUNGARY by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH THE SONG OF WILLI by MATHILDE BLIND THE CURSE OF HUNGARY by JOHN MILTON HAY ROMANCERO: BOOK 2. LAMENTATIONS: LAZARUS. 16. IN OCTOBER 1849 by HEINRICH HEINE WATER OF HUNGARY by CHARLES GODFREY LELAND WAR-SONG OF THE MAGYARS; A BATTLE SHOUT FOR HUNGARY by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT ALEXANDER YPSILANTI by KARL WILHELM MULLER THE BALLAD OF SPLENDID SILENCE; IN MEMORIAM FERENCZ RENYL by EDITH BLAND NESBIT |
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