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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SELIMUS: ALONE, DEFEATED, by ROBERT GREENE Poet's Biography First Line: Shall selim's hope be buried in the dust? Last Line: He'll turn more fiercely than before he came. Subject(s): Defeat | |||
Shall Selim's hope be buried in the dust? And Bajazet triumph over his fall? Then oh, thou blindful mistress of mishap, Chief patroness of Rhamus' golden gates, I will advance my strong revenging hand, And pluck thee from thy ever-turning wheel. Mars, or Minerva, Mahound, Termagunt, Or whosoe'er you are that fight 'gainst me, Come, and but show yourselves before my face, And I will rend you all like trembling reeds. Well, Bajazet, though Fortune smile on thee, And deck thy camp with glorious victory; Though Selimus now conquered by thee Is fain to put his safety in swift flight; Yet so he flies, that like an angry ram He'll turn more fiercely than before he came. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DECLINE AND FALL by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS VICTORY IN DEFEAT by EDWIN MARKHAM MEASURING LIFE by HARRIET ELEANOR HAMILTON (BAILLE) KING TESTAMENT OF DEFEAT by ALES DEBELJAK A FAREWELL TO FOLLY: CONTENT by ROBERT GREENE MENAPHON: DORON'S JIG by ROBERT GREENE MENAPHON: SAMELA by ROBERT GREENE MENAPHON: SEPHESTIA'S [CRADLE] SONG TO HER CHILD by ROBERT GREENE NEVER TOO LATE: THE PALMER'S ODE by ROBERT GREENE PANDOSTO, THE TRIUMPH OF TIME: IN PRAISE OF HIS BEST-BELOVED FAWNIA by ROBERT GREENE PERIMEDES, THE BLACKSMITH: PHILLIS AND CORIDON by ROBERT GREENE |
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