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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS: 21. EPILOGUE, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Our mother, which wast twice, as history saith
Last Line: And time bows down to thee as shake speare's land.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets
First Line: Our mother, which wast twice, as history saith
Last Line: And time bows down to thee as shake speare's land.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets
OUR mother, which wast twice, as history saith,
Found first among the nations: once, when she
Who bore thine ensign saw the God in thee
Smite Spain, and bring forth Shakespeare once, when death
Shrank, and Rome's bloodhounds cowered, at Milton's breath:
More than thy place, then first among the free,
More than that sovereign lordship of the sea
Bequeathed to Cromwell from Elizabeth,
More than thy fiery guiding-star, which Drake
Hailed, and the deep saw lit again for Blake,
More than all deeds wrought of thy strong right hand,
This praise keeps most thy fame's memorial strong,
That thou wast head of all these streams of song,
And time bows down to thee as Shake speare's land.
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