Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOUNG ENGLAND - WHAT IS THEN BECOME OF OLD, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Let babes and sucklings be thy oracles Subject(s): England; Tradition | ||||||||
Young England''"what is then become of Old, Of dear Old England? Think they she is dead, Dead to the very name? Presumption fed On empty air! That name will keep its hold In the true filial bosom's inmost fold For ever.''"The Spirit of Alfred, at the head Of all who for her rights watched, toiled and bled, Knows that this prophecy is not too bold. What''"how! shall she submit in will and deed To Beardless Boys''"an imitative race, The servum pecus of a Gallic breed? Dear Mother! if thou must thy steps retrace, Go where at least meek Innocency dwells; Let Babes and Sucklings be thy oracles. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CANYON GORGE ARROYO by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE YELLOW BADGE by RUTH SCHECHTER ALEXANDER OLD SARUM; LINES ON THE CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH AT SALISBURY by ALICE COLBURN BEAL THE GOLDEN ODES OF PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA: IMR EL KAIS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT PHI BETA KAPPA POEM; HARVARD, 1914 by BLISS CARMAN REMEMBRANCE by ELIZABETH M. COOPER BELINDA by VIRGINIA TAYLOR MCCORMICK THE MESSAGE OF SETH; AN ORIENTAL TRADITION by DAVID MACBETH MOIR A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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