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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON ENTERING DOUGLAS BAY, ISLE OF MAN, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The feudal keep, the bastions of cohorn
Last Line: And they are led by noble hillary.
Subject(s): Isle Of Man
First Line: The feudal keep, the bastions of cohorn
Last Line: And they are led by noble hillary.
Subject(s): Isle Of Man
"Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori."
THE feudal Keep, the bastions of Cohorn,
Even when they rose to check or to repel
Tides of aggressive war, oft served as well
Greedy ambition, armed to treat with scorn
Just limits; but yon Tower, whose smiles adorn
This perilous bay, stands clear of all offence;
Blest work it is of love and innocence,
A Tower of refuge built for the else forlorn.
Spare it, ye waves, and lift the mariner,
Struggling for life, into its saving arms!
Spare, too, the human helpers! Do they stir
'Mid your fierce shock like men afraid to die?
No; their dread service nerves the heart it warms,
And they are led by noble HILLARY.
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