Upon the Death of the Viscount of Dundee
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
O last and best of Scots! who didst maintain
Thy country's freedom from a foreign reign;
New people fill the land now thou art gone,
New gods the temples, and new kings the throne.
Scotland and thou did each in other live;
Nor wouldst thou her, nor could she thee survive.
Farewell! who, dying, didst support the state,
And couldst not fall but with thy country's fate.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 377 |
Words | 69 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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