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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO EDMUND GOSSE, WITH CHURCHILL'S POEMS, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When churchill wrote, th' aonian maid Last Line: When churchill wrote. Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Churchill, Charles (1731-1764) | |||
WHEN CHURCHILL wrote, th' Aonian maid He served was scarce of speech afraid; She used no phrase to circumvent The homely article she meant, But plainly called a spade a spade. Nor was the public much dismayed. He but his age's law obeyed; -- They liked to see the bludgeon's dent When CHURCHILL wrote. 'Tis not so now. To-day the trade Demands the finest Sheffield blade; We use a subtler instrument; We cut for depth and not extent... But would 'twere ours -- the Mark they made -- When CHURCHILL wrote. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STANZAS, ON PLANTING A BAY-TREE AT THE GRAVE OF CHURCHILL by JOHN CHALK CLARIS THE DEMAGOGUE by WILLIAM FALCONER A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON A GAGE D'AMOUR by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON A GARDEN SONG by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON ARS VICTRIX (IMITATED FROM THEOPHILE GAUTIER) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON BEFORE SEDAN by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON DORA VERSUS ROSE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON GROWING GRAY by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; IN MEMORIAM by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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