Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MESSAGE OF VICTORY, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER Poet's Biography First Line: News to the king, good news for all!' Last Line: And the dying lie with the dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta Variant Title(s): Song (4) Subject(s): History; Victory; War; Historians | ||||||||
"NEWS to the king, good news for all!" The corn is trodden, the river runs red. "News of the battle," the heralds call, "We have won the field; we have taken the town, We have beaten the rebels and crushed them down." And the dying lie with the dead. "Who was my bravest?" quoth the king. The corn is trodden, the river runs red. "Whom shall I honor for this great thing?" "Threescore were best, where none was worst; But Walter Wendulph was aye the first." And the dying lie with the dead. "What of my husband?" quoth the bride. The corn is trodden, the river is red. "Comes he to-morrow? how long will he bide?" "Put off thy bride-gear, busk thee in black; Walter Wendulph will never come back." And the dying lie with the dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE IN PICTURES by JAMES MCMICHAEL THE HISTORY OF MY LIFE by JOHN ASHBERY INITIAL CONDITIONS by MARVIN BELL THE DREAM SONGS: 290 by JOHN BERRYMAN THE EROTICS OF HISTORY by EAVAN BOLAND THEM AND US by LUCILLE CLIFTON CIRCE by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER |
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