Feelings of A French Royalist, On The Disinterment Of The Remains Of The Duke D’Enghien
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
DEAR Reliques! from a pit of vilest mould
Uprisen--to lodge among ancestral kings;
And to inflict shame's salutary stings
On the remorseless hearts of men grown old
In a blind worship; men perversely bold
Even to this hour,--yet, some shall now forsake
Their monstrous Idol if the dead e'er spake,
To warn the living; if truth were ever told
By aught redeemed out of the hollow grave:
O murdered Prince! meek, loyal, pious, brave!
The power of retribution once was given:
But 'tis a rueful thought that willow bands
So often tie the thunder-wielding hands
Of Justice sent to earth from highest Heaven!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABBAACCADDEFFE |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 597 |
Words | 106 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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