Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WELSH LUCY, OR THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH'S MOTHER, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: Poor lucy walters! Who remembers thee? Last Line: To view each morn, the headsman's world below. Subject(s): Mothers; Scott, James. Duke Of Monmouth (1649-85); Walters, Lucy (1630-1658) | ||||||||
Poor Lucy Walters! who remembers thee? Thy name is lost, though on thy native hill Perchance they know it, yea, and see thee still; But, in the outer world, how few there be To speak of Monmouth's mother! To thy door The tempter came, and thy young heart beguil'd; Then came the birth of that half-royal child, Who, when his feeble battle-shout was o'er, Crept into lone Shag's Heath from lost Sedgemoor; Then fell his kinsman's axe, whose triple blow Thy spirit still hears! sore penance for that tryst Of shame, which brought thy motherhood of woe; Or sighs, at breaking of the mountain-mist, To view each morn, the headsman's world below. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LETTY'S GLOBE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE BUOY-BELL by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LACHRYMATORY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LATTICE AT SUNRISE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE LION'S SKELETON by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE VACANT CAGE (1) by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER A BIRTHDAY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER A BRILLIANT DAY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER A CALM EVENING by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER A COLONY OF NIGHTINGALES by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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