HURRAH for merry England! For good Saint George hurrah! For Richard of the Lion Heart, The noble and the gay, Returns from long captivity, And 'tis a festal day. With chivalry and minstrelsy The hours shall speed along, Where meet the beauteous and the brave, The gentle and strong. (I would my @3first@1 had gazed upon The gladly loyal throng.) The warriors of Palestine, Who led my @3second@1 well When on the ranks of Saladin Like avalanche they fell, Now in the tournament alone A fancied foe repel. The Saxon serf may lay aside His clumsy @3third,@1 I trow; And leave it in the silent field, With cool and sweatless brow; For what has he to do to-day With weary spade and plough? But who is he, the Saxon youth, With royal Saxon bride, Who Saracen and Templar hath Successfully defied? He is my famous @3whole,@1 I ween, The valiant and the tried. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DISCORDANTS: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN SEVEN TIMES SIX [ - GIVING IN MARRIAGE] by JEAN INGELOW SONG, FR. MEASURE FOR MEASURE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE GOUTY MERCHANT AND THE STRANGER by HORACE SMITH PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 1 by EDWARD TAYLOR WALT WHITMAN by FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS THE ROSE TREE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS TO MR. BOWRING ON HIS POETICAL TRANSLATIONS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |