Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GUERILLA SONG, FOUNDED ON STORY ... SPANISH PATRIOT MINA, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Forget not the hour, when through forest Last Line: O'er the plains of the olive, and hills of the vine. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Espoz Y Mina, Francisco (1781-1836); Guerrillas | ||||||||
OH! forget not the hour, when through forest and vale, We returned with our chief to his dear native halls; Through the woody Sierra there sighed not a gale, And the moonbeam was bright on his battlement-walls; And nature lay sleeping in calmness and light, Round the home of the valiant, that rose on our sight. We entered that home -- all was loneliness round, The stillness, the darkness, the peace of the grave; Not a voice, not a step, bade its echoes resound, Ah! such was the welcome that waited the brave! For the spoilers had passed, like the poison-wind's breath, And the loved of his bosom lay silent in death. Oh! forget not that hour -- let its image be near, In the light of our mirth, in the dreams of our rest, Let its tale awake feelings too deep for a tear, And rouse into vengeance each arm and each breast, Till cloudless the dayspring of liberty shine O'er the plains of the olive, and hills of the vine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GUERRILLA by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD LAMENT FOR PABLO NERUDA by THOMAS MCGRATH POEM FOR A GUERRILLA LEADER by SYL CHENEY-COKER SONG TO FIDEL by ERNESTO GUEVARA REQUIEM FOR THE CROPPIES by SEAMUS HEANEY GUERRILLA'S GOODBYE by JAVIER HERAUD GUERRILLA'S WORD by JAVIER HERAUD A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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