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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DUMA OR ELEGY TO THE HETMAN JOHN SWIERGOWSKI, by ANONYMOUS First Line: When the hetman john swiergowski Last Line: "where by kilia's fair city the tomb stands high, / on the turkish line doth your hetman lie" Subject(s): "kilia, Russia;russia;" "kilianova, Russia;soviet Union;russians; | |||
WHEN the Hetman John Swiergowski To the Turks became a prey; There they slew the gallant chieftain, They cut off his head that day. Their trumpets they blew, and his head on a spear They set, and they mocked him with jest and with jeer. Yonder see a cloud descending, Ravens gathering on the plain, Gloom above Ukrania spreading; She mourns and weeps her hetman slain; Then fierce o'er the wide plain the mighty winds blew, "O, answer, what did ye with our hetman do?" Then black eagles soared past, screaming, "Where did you make our hetman's grave?" And larks rose up to heaven streaming, "Where did ye leave our hetman brave?" "Where by Kilia's fair city the tomb stands high, On the Turkish line doth your hetman lie." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SITTING BULL IN SERBIA by WILLIAM JAY SMITH TO THE EXCELLENT ORINDA by PHILO PHILIPPA EPIGRAM OCCASIONED BY CIBBER'S VERSES IN PRAISE OF NASH: 1 by ALEXANDER POPE THE GIFT OF THE GODS by JOHN GODFREY SAXE TO CHRISTOPHER NORTH by ALFRED TENNYSON BEAU NASH by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER BEAU NASH AND THE ROMAN, OR THE TWO ERAS by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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