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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 1: 35. RICHARD, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Redoubted king, of courage leonine
Last Line: To giddier heights hath clomb the papal sway.
First Line: Redoubted king, of courage leonine
Last Line: To giddier heights hath clomb the papal sway.
REDOUBTED King, of courage leonine,
I mark thee, Richard! urgent to equip
Thy warlike person with the staff and scrip;
I watch thee sailing o'er the midland brine;
In conquered Cyprus see thy Bride decline
Her blushing cheek, love-vows upon her lip,
And see love-emblems streaming from thy ship,
As thence she holds her way to Palestine.
My Song, a fearless homager, would attend
Thy thundering battle-axe as it cleaves the press
Of war, but duty summons her away
To tell -- how, finding in the rash distress
Of those Enthusiasts a subservient friend,
To giddier heights hath clomb the Papal sway.
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