Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE DEATH OF HIS MAJESTY (GEORGE THE THIRD), by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ward of the law! - dread shadow of a king! Last Line: An unexampled voice of awful memory! Subject(s): George Iii, King Of England (1738-1820) | ||||||||
WARD of the LAW! -- dread Shadow of a King! Whose realm had dwindled to one stately room; Whose universe was gloom immersed in gloom, Darkness as thick as life o'er life could fling, Save haply for some feeble glimmering Of Faith and Hope -- if thou, by nature's doom, Gently hast sunk into the quiet tomb, Why should we bend in grief, to sorrow cling, When thankfulness were best? -- Fresh-flowing tears, Or, where tears flow not, sigh succeeding sigh, Yield to such after-thought the sole reply Which justly it can claim. The Nation hears In this deep knell, silent for threescore years, An unexampled voice of awful memory! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ANCIENT PROPHECY by PHILIP FRENEAU THE GREENWOOD SHRIFT; GEORGE III AND A DYING WOMAN IN WINDSOR FOREST by ROBERT SOUTHEY ON THE KING'S ILLNESS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ON THE JOY UNIVERSALLY EXPRESSED ON THE KING'S HAPPY ESCAPE by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LONDON by WILLIAM COWPER THE KING'S BIRTH-DAY IN EDINBURGH by ROBERT FERGUSSON A DIALOGUE BETWEEN GEORGE AND FOX by PHILIP FRENEAU A SPEECH THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPOKEN BY THE KING ... by PHILIP FRENEAU GEORGE THE THIRD'S SOLILOQUY by PHILIP FRENEAU A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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