Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE MONUMENT OF PRINCESS ELIZABETH STUART - ISLE OF WIGHT, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: Lo! By our queen's command, the parian stone Last Line: For this long-hidden flower of carisbrook. Subject(s): Charles I, King Of England (1600-1649); Stuart, Princess Elizabeth (d. 1650); Wight, Isle Of | ||||||||
Lo! by our Queen's command, the Parian stone Has brought to light a flower that shall not fade; As old-world seeds, up to the surface thrown, Break in white blossom by the Sun's sweet aid, And air their buried beauty; so, at last, This gentle, royal, persecuted, maid Has had her blameless memory upcast, Like the white clover, long in darkness laid; How touchingly she died! her languid head Had fallen forward on her father's book, The Martyr's dying present, ere he bled; But, on the last high morning, she shall look Heavenwards, through Him whose precious blood was shed For this long-hidden flower of Carisbrook. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES WRITTEN AT NEEDLES HOTEL, ALUM BAY, ISLE OF WIGHT, AFTER A WEEK by THOMAS NOON TALFOURD A FAREWELL TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER LETTY'S GLOBE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE BUOY-BELL by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LACHRYMATORY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LATTICE AT SUNRISE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LION'S SKELETON by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE VACANT CAGE (1) by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER A BIRTHDAY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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