WHENE'ER with haggard eyes I view This dungeon, that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me in the U- -niversity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen. (Weeps, and pulls out a blue 'kerchief, with which he wipes his eyes; gazing lenderly at it, he proceeds.) Sweet 'kerchief checked with heavenly blue, Which once my love sat knotting in, Alas, Matilda then was true, At least I thought so at the U- -niversity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen. (At the repetition of this line Rogero clanks his chains in cadence.) Barbs! barbs! alas! how swift ye flew, Her neat post-wagon trotting in! Ye bore Matilda from my view; Forlorn I languished at the U- -niversity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen. This faded form! this pallid hue! This blood my veins is clotting in, My years are many--they were few When first I entered at the U- -niversity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen. There first for thee my passion grew, Sweet! sweet Matilda Pottingen! Thou wast the daughter of my tutor, Law Professor at the U. -nivesity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen. Sun, moon, and thou vain world, adieu, That kings and priests are plotting in; Here, doomed to starve on water-gruel, never shall I see the U- -niversity of Gottingen-- -niversity of Gottingen! (During the last stanza Rogero dashes his head repeatedly against the walls of his prison; and, finally, so hard as to produce a visible contusion. He then throws himself on the floor in an agony. The curtain drops--the music still continuing to play till it is wholly fallen.) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SURFACES AND MASKS; 3 by CLARENCE MAJOR THE FISH, THE MAN, AND THE SPIRIT (COMPLETE) by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT THE QUANGLE WANGLE'S HAT by EDWARD LEAR SNOWFLAKES by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW WARREN'S ADDRESS [TO THE AMERICANS] [AT BUNKER HILL] [JUNE 17, 1775] by JOHN PIERPONT THE THREE TROOPERS DURING THE PROTECTORATE by GEORGE WALTER THORNBURY GHOST STARS by MADELEINE AARON |