Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRIDE OF NIMROD, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou art king of all the nations Last Line: And he sunk to endless woe! Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Nimrod (bible) | ||||||||
"THOU art King of all the nations, -- They are thine to take or give, -- We are but thy will's creations, -- In thy breath we die or live." So the servile courtiers chanted, But the tyrant's heart replied That some stronger food was wanted To content his swollen pride. Now, behold, the myriads gather Round him, -- work as he may bid, To invade God's realm of aether By the Babel pyramid: God the pitiful intrusion Checks not by his lightning hand, But imposing and confusion Frustrates every proud command. Allah then in arms defying, See the tyrant's golden car, With four harnessed eagles, flying Upward, through the air afar: Now he glows in rage delighted, Thinks he grasps Jehovah's throne, But that instant falls benighted On a desert rock alone. Hear, Believers! hear with wonder How, at last, God's vengeance came; Not in tempest, not in thunder, Not in pestilence or flame: One of Nature's meanest features, Hardly to your vision clear, Least of tiny insect creatures, Crept into the Tyrant's ear. There its subtle life it nested In the tissues of his brain, And the anguish never rested, And his being turned to pain: Thus four hundred years tormented, Nature's God he learnt to know, Yet his pride was unrepented, And he sunk to endless woe! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NIMROD: 1 by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH NIMROD: 2 by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH NIMROD: 3 by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH NIMROD: 4 by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH NIMROD: 5 by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH NIMROD: 6 by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH NIMROD: 7 by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES FROM THE IONIAN ISLANDS by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES |
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