Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES WRITTEN ... ONE WHO HAD WATCHED .. AMERICAN & FRENCH REVOLUTIONS, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As an almighty night doth pass away Last Line: From the pale temples of the awakening world. Subject(s): American Revolution; French Revolution (1789) | ||||||||
As an almighty night doth pass away From an old ruinous city in a desart, And all its cloudy wrecks sink into day: While every monstrous shape and ghostly wizard, That dwelled within the cavernous old place, Grows pale, and shrinks, and dies in its dismay: And then the light comes in, and flowery grace Covers the sand, and man doth come again And live rejoicing in the new-born plain: So you have seen great, gloomy centuries, (The shadow of Rome's Death,) in which did dwell The men of Europe, shudder and arise: So you have seen break up that smoke of Hell, Like a great superstitious snake, uncurled From the pale temples of the awakening world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FRANCE: AN ODE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE LOUIS XV by JOHN STERLING (1806-1844) FRENCH REVOLUTION; AS IT APPEARED TO ENTHUSIASTS AT ITS COMMENCEMENT by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE FRENCH REVOLUTION by WILLIAM BLAKE VERSAILLES (1784) by STOPFORD AUGUSTUS BROOKE THE MIDNIGHT MASS; AN INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION by ADA CAMBRIDGE AN ODE ON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE TALLEYRAND TO LORD GRENVILLE; A METRICAL EPISTLE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE TO A YOUNG LADY, WITH A POEM ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE BALLAD OF HUMAN LIFE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: DIRGE FOR WOLFRAM by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SAILORS' [OR MARINERS'] SONG by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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