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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF NEW SWEDEN: 2. PRINTZ'S HALL, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poet's Biography First Line: My heart goes back to rhyme / upon that olden time! Last Line: Nor rival fears nor knows! Subject(s): Colonialism; Sweden | |||
My heart goes back to rhyme Upon that olden time! Three hundred years are fled, The ancient speech is dead, Since on the isle of Tinicum, Green as an emerald fair, Rimmed by the Delaware, Was heard the morning drum, Or evening church-bells' chime. Eyeing the drowsy flood, A mighty mansion stood; Builded of brick and wood Carried from Sweden's shore By Printz, the Governor. Herein he drank his wine, Watching the river shine Beyond the level fields. Here, proud and wild, The sachems filed, And found him just and mild. But never yields The sword he wields, Nor pales his brow of tan, Before the Holland man, Before Manhattan's clan. Gaily and gallantly, Symbol of victory, Fair Sweden's banner blows, Nor rival fears nor knows! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WARS IN SWEDEN by CAROLYN KIZER ENERGY IN SWEDEN by KENNETH KOCH IN A SWEDISH GRAVEYARD by EMMA LAZARUS GOODBYE, GOTEBORG by JOHN UPDIKE A CARRIAGE FROM SWEDEN by MARIANNE MOORE HOW TO BECOME A TREE IN SWEDEN by RON PADGETT SONGS OF NEW SWEDEN: 1.THE COMING OF PRINTZ by ARTHUR PETERSON SONGS OF NEW SWEDEN: 3. THE SETTLEMENT by ARTHUR PETERSON SONGS OF NEW-SWEDEN: PROLOGUE by ARTHUR PETERSON A CLOUD FANCY by ARTHUR PETERSON |
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