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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF SAUL BEFORE HIS LAST BATTLE, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Warriors and chiefs! Should the shaft or the sword Last Line: Or kingly the death, which awaits us to-day! Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Bible; Jews; Religion; Saul (11th Century B.c.); Judaism; Theology | |||
WARRIORS and chiefs! should the shaft or the sword Pierce me in leading the host of the Lord, Heed not the corse, though a king's, in your path: Bury your steel in the bosoms of Gath! Thou who art bearing my buckler and bow, Should the soldiers of Saul look away from the foe, Stretch me that moment in blood at thy feet! Mine be the doom which they dared not to meet. Farewell to others, but never we part, Heir to my royalty, son of my heart! Bright is the diadem, boundless the sway, Or kingly the death, which awaits us to-day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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