Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 1. WARK CASTLE, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poet's Biography First Line: Emblem of strength, which time hath quite subdued Last Line: While carham whispers of the slaughter'd dane. Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Tweed (river), England And Scotland | ||||||||
EMBLEM of strength, which time hath quite subdued, Scarcely on thy green mount the eye may trace Those girding walls which made thee once a place Of succour, in old days of deadly feud. Yes! thou wert once the Scotch marauder's dread; And vainly did the Roxburgh shafts assail Thy moated towers, from which they fell like hail; While waved Northumbria's pennon o'er thy head. Thou wert the work of man, and so hast pass'd Like those who piled thee; but the features still Of steadfast Nature all unchanged remain; Still Cheviot listens to the northern blast, And the blue Tweed winds murmuring round thy hill; While Carham whispers of the slaughter'd Dane. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 2. DRYBURGH ABBEY by DAVID MACBETH MOIR SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 3. MELROSE ABBEY by DAVID MACBETH MOIR SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 4. ABBOTSFORD by DAVID MACBETH MOIR SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 5. NIDPATH CASTLE by DAVID MACBETH MOIR SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED: 6. 'THE BUSH ABOON TRAQUAIR' by DAVID MACBETH MOIR OLD BORDER RHYME ABOUT THE RIVERS TWEED AND TILL by UNKNOWN THE RUSTIC LAD'S LAMENT IN THE TOWN by DAVID MACBETH MOIR |
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