Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 2: 32. EXECUTION JOAN OF KENT, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The tears of man in various measure gush Last Line: To pen the mandates, nature doth disown. Subject(s): Edward Vi, King Of England (1537-1553) | ||||||||
THE tears of man in various measure gush From various sources; gently overflow From blissful transport some -- from clefts of woe Some with ungovernable impulse rush; And some, coeval with the earliest blush Of infant passion, scarcely dare to show Their pearly lustre -- coming but to go; And some break forth when others' sorrows crush The sympathising heart. Nor these, nor yet The noblest drops to admiration known, To gratitude, to injuries forgiven -- Claim Heaven's regard like waters that have wet The innocent eyes of youthful Monarchs driven To pen the mandates, nature doth disown. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ADMONITION [TO A TRAVELLER] by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AN APRIL MORNING by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ANIMAL TRANQUILITY AND DECAY; A SKETCH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AT FLORENCE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AT THE GRAVE OF BURNS; SEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH BUONAPARTE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH COMPOSED AT NEIDPATH CASTLE, 1803 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH COMPOSED BY THE SEA-SIDE NEAR CALAIS [AUGUST 1802] by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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