Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTION FOR A MONUMENT OPPOSITE BALLIOL GATEWAY, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here latimer and ridley in the flames Last Line: And let the future expiate the past. Subject(s): Innocence; Latimer, Hugh (1485-1555); Oxford University; Ridley, Nicholas (1503-1555); Truth | ||||||||
HERE Latimer and Ridley in the flames Bore witness to the truth. If thou hast walk'd Uprightly through the world, proud thoughts of joy Will fill thy breast in contemplating here Congenial virtue. But if thou hast swerved From the right path, if thou hast sold thy soul And served, a hireling, with apostate zeal, The cause thy heart disowns, oh! cherish well The honourable shame that sure this place Will wake within thee, timely penitent, And let the future expiate the past. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INCLINED TO SPEAK by LAWRENCE JOSEPH WHAT IS TRUTH? by JOHN BOWRING EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV LYING MY HEAD OFF by CATE MARVIN TRUTH SERUM by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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