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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 1: 27. HIS DESCENDANTS, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: When thy great soul was freed from mortal chains
Last Line: The fostered hyacinths spread their purple bloom.
First Line: When thy great soul was freed from mortal chains
Last Line: The fostered hyacinths spread their purple bloom.
WHEN thy great soul was freed from mortal chains,
Darling of England! many a bitter shower
Fell on thy tomb; but emulative power
Flowed in thy line through undegenerate veins.
The Race of Alfred covet glorious pains
When dangers threaten, dangers ever new!
Black tempests bursting, blacker still in view!
But manly sovereignty its hold retains;
The root sincere, the branches bold to strive
With the fierce tempest, while, within the round
Of their protection, gentle virtues thrive;
As oft, 'mid some green plot of open ground,
Wide as the oak extends its dewy gloom,
The fostered hyacinths spread their purple bloom.
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