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IN MEMORIAM, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He that was king an hour ago Last Line: Must still endure. Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Edward Vii, King Of England (1841-1910) | ||||||||
'Exstinctus amabitur idem.' Hor. Epist. ii. 1. 14. HE that was King an hour ago Is King no more; and we that bend Beside the bier, too surely know We lose a Friend. His was no 'blood-and-iron' blend To write in tears a ruthless reign; Rather he strove to make an end Of strife and pain. Rather he strove to heal again The half-healed wound, to hide the scar, To purge away the lingering stain Of racial war. Thus, though no trophies deck his car Of captured guns or banners torn, Men hailed him as they hail a star That comes with morn: A star of brotherhood, not scorn, A morn of loosing and release -- A fruitful time of oil and corn -- An Age of Peace! Sleep then, O Dead beloved! and sleep As one who, when his course is run, May yet, in slumber, memory keep Of duty done; Sleep then, our England's King, as one Who knows the lofty aim and pure, Beyond all din of battles won, Must still endure. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KING EDWARD VII by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB BARON RENFREW'S BALL by CHARLES GRAHAM HALPINE VERSES ON THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES & AKEXANDRA OF DENMARK by JANET HAMILTON A KING'S SOLILOQUY (ON THE NIGHT OF HIS FUNERAL) by THOMAS HARDY ODE ON INSTALLATION OF PRINCE OF WALES AS CHANCELLOR OF UNIV. OF WALES by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) THE PRINCE OF WALES AT THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS A PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY; 22ND JANUARY, 1901 by EDITH BLAND NESBIT THE PRINCE AND THE CZAR by JOHN LAURENCE RENTOUL ODE TO THE PRICE OF WALES; INVITING ... TO A COUNTRY COTTAGE by JOHN GODFREY SAXE A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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