Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTION FOR A MONUMENT IN THE VALE OF EWIAS, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here was it, stranger, that the patron saint Last Line: Of david and the deeds of other days. Subject(s): Cambria, Wales; Hermits; Saints; Wales; Welshmen; Welshwomen | ||||||||
HERE was it, stranger, that the patron saint Of Cambria past his age of penitence, A solitary man; and here he made His hermitage, the roots his food, his drink Of Hodney's mountain stream. Perchance thy youth Has read with eager wonder how the knight Of Wales in Ormandine's enchanted bower Slept the long sleep; and if that in thy veins Flows the pure blood of Britain, sure that blood Has flow'd with quicker impulse at the tale Of David's deeds, when through the press of war His gallant comrades followed his green crest To conquer. Stranger! Hatterill's mountain heights And this fair vale of Ewias, and the stream Of Hodney, to thine after-thoughts will rise More grateful, thus associate with the name Of David and the deeds of other days. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANTICHRIST, OR THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM; AN ODE by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON WALES VISITATION by ALLEN GINSBERG WELSH INCIDENT by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES THE BARD; A PINDARIC ODE by THOMAS GRAY THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN: A FRAGMENT by THOMAS GRAY WELSH LANDSCAPE by RONALD STUART THOMAS BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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