Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON PROPOSED PRESENTATION OF GUNS TO KING OF SARDINIA, ITALIAN LIBERTY, by JANET HAMILTON Poet's Biography First Line: No gold - no jewels bright Last Line: Be god to aid thee nigh! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): England; Europe; Freedom; Italy; Nations; English; Liberty; Italians | ||||||||
No goldno jewels bright, We offer at the shrine Where Italy adores the light Of liberty divine. A sterner gift we bring Ye frowning tubes of death Your bolts of vengeance wing, Till tyrants quail beneath. From fortfrom "deadly breach" Pour from your sulph'rous throats, As far as sound can reach, In loud prophetic notes, A voice whose thunder tones Shall Europe's despots wake, And on their crumbling thrones In craven terror shake. Victor Emmanuel!name Of augury divine Thee victor we proclaim! For Freedom's cause is thine, "EmmanuelGod with us " Of old was Piedmont's cry Emmanuel, ever thus Be God to aid thee nigh! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1851: A MESSAGE TO DENMARK HILL by RICHARD HOWARD TONIGHT THE HEART-SHAPED LEAVES by JAN HELLER LEVI JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW by LISEL MUELLER HOW DUKE VALENTINE CONTRIVED by BASIL BUNTING FRAGMENTS FROM ITALY: 1 by JOHN CIARDI A BALLAD FOUNDED ON A REAL INCIDENT WHICH OCCURED IN HIGH LIFE by JANET HAMILTON |
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