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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARNOLD'S DEPARTURE, by PHILIP FRENEAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With evil omens from the harbour sails / the ill-fated ship that worthless arnol Last Line: And a fat lamb, in sacrifice, shall die. Subject(s): American Revolution; Arnold, Benedict (1741-1801); Soldiers; Treason & Traitors | |||
WITH evil omens from the harbour sails The ill-fated ship that worthless ARNOLD bears, God of the southern winds, call up thy gales, And whistle in rude fury round his ears. With horrid waves insult his vessel's sides, And may the east wind on a leeward shore Her cables snap, while she in tumult rides, And shatter into shivers every oar. And let the north wind to her ruin haste, With such a rage, as when from mountains high He rends the tall oak with his weighty blast, And ruin spreads, where'er his forces fly. May not one friendly star that night be seen; No Moon, attendant, dart one glimmering ray, Nor may she ride on oceans more serene Than Greece, triumphant, found that stormy day, When angry Pallas spent her rage no more On vanquished Ilium, then in ashes laid, But turned it on the barque that Ajax bore, Avenging thus her temple, and the maid. When tossed upon the vast Atlantic main Your groaning ship the southern gales shall tear, How will your sailors sweat, and you complain And meanly howl to Jove, that will not hear! But if, at last, upon some winding shore A prey to hungry cormorants you lie, A wanton goat to every stormy power, " And a fat lamb, in sacrifice, shall die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUCH A PARCEL OF ROGUES IN A NATION by ROBERT BURNS WARNING; SUGGESTED BY THE CHRISTIANA (PA.) TREASON TRIALS by ALFRED GIBBS CAMPBELL CUM RATIONE INSANIRE by WILLIAM COWPER EPILOGUE TO 'THE UNHAPPY FAVOURITE, OR THE EARL OF ESSEX' by JOHN DRYDEN A RENEGADO EPISTLE TO THE INDEPENDENT AMERICANS by PHILIP FRENEAU THE KINGS PROPHECY by JOSEPH HALL THE DYING OLD YEAR: 1867 by JANET HAMILTON TO THE WATCHMAN (ON A RECENT OCCASION) by HEINRICH HEINE AN ANCIENT PROPHECY by PHILIP FRENEAU |
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