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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRUID CHORUS ON THE LANDING OF THE ROMANS, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By the dread and viewless powers Last Line: Gods are gathering -- romans, fly! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Anglesey (island), Wales; Druids; Great Britain - Roman Conquest; Druidism | |||
BY the dread and viewless powers Whom the storms and seas obey, From the Dark Isle's mystic bowers, Romans! o'er the deep away! Think ye, 'tis but nature's gloom O'er our shadowy coast which broods? By the altar and the tomb, Shun these haunted solitudes! Know ye Mona's awful spells? She the rolling orbs can stay! She the mighty grave compels Back to yield its fettered prey! Fear ye not the lightning-stroke? Mark ye not the fiery sky? Hence! -- around our central oak Gods are gathering -- Romans, fly! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 10. OLD MAGIC by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 3. A DRUID TOWN by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 9. THE FOREST by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. THE LAST DRUID by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN ST. CHRISTOPHER OF THE GAEL by WILLIAM SHARP THE DRUID by JOHN BANISTER TABB A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS ARABELLA STUART by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS BERNARDO DEL CARPIO by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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