Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KING ARTHUR: SONG OF AEOLUS, by JOHN DRYDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ye blust'ring brethren of the skies Last Line: There swell your lungs, and vainly, vainly threat. Variant Title(s): To Britannia Subject(s): Earth; Fear; Singing & Singers; Spring; World; Songs | ||||||||
YE blust'ring Brethren of the Skies, Whose Breath has ruffled all the Watry Plain, Retire, and let Britannia rise, In Triumph o'er the Main. Serene and Calm, and void of Fear, The Queen of Islands must appear: Serene and Calm, as when the Spring The New-Created World began, And Birds on Boughs did softly sing, Their peaceful Homage paid to Man, While Eurus did his Blasts forbear In Favour of the Tender Year. Retreat, rude Winds, Retreat, To Hollow Rocks, your Stormy Seat; There swell your Lungs, and vainly, vainly threat. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY A SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY by JOHN DRYDEN A SONG TO A FAIR YOUNG LADY GOING OUT OF TOWN IN THE SPRING by JOHN DRYDEN |
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