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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET ON LEPANTO, by FERDINAND DE HERRERA Poet's Biography
First Line: Deep sea, whose thundering waves in tumult roar
Last Line: The youth of austria, and the might of spain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Herrera, Fernando De
Subject(s): Lepanto, Battle Of
First Line: Deep sea, whose thundering waves in tumult roar
Last Line: The youth of austria, and the might of spain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Herrera, Fernando De
Subject(s): Lepanto, Battle Of
DEEP sea, whose thundering waves in tumult roar,
Call forth thy troubled spirit, -- bid him rise,
And gaze, with terror pale, and hollow eyes,
On floods all flashing fire, and red with gore.
Lo! as in lists enclosed, on battle-floor
Christian and Sarzan, life and death the prize,
Join conflict: lo! the battered Paynim flies;
The din, the smouldering flames, he braves no more.
Go, bid thy deep-toned bass with voice of power
Tell of this mightiest victory under sky,
This deed of peerless valor's highest strain;
And say a youth achieved the glorious hour,
Hallowing thy gulf with praise that ne'er shall die, --
The youth of Austria, and the might of Spain.
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THE SONG OF LEPANTO by LUIS DE GONGORA
ODE ON THE DEFEAT OF KING SEBASTIAN OF PORTUGAL by FERDINAND DE HERRERA
ON THE DEATH OF SWINBURNE by SARA TEASDALE
THE SHEPHERD, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE
APRIL, 1885 by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES
THE HABIT OF PERFECTION by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS
A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 62 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN
ADLESTROP by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS
A BATTLE BALLAD TO GENERAL J.E. JOHNSTON by FRANCIS ORRERY TICKNOR