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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CALL NOT THE ROYAL SWEDE UNFORTUNATE, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: In thankful joy and gratulation pure Subject(s): Gustavus Ii Adolphus, King (1595-1632); Sweden | |||
Call not the royal Swede unfortunate, Who never did to Fortune bend the knee; Who slighted fear; rejected stedfastly Temptation; and whose kingly name and state Have 'perished by his choice, and not his fate!' Hence lives He, to his inner self endeared; And hence, wherever virtue is revered, He sits a more exalted Potentate, Throned in the hearts of men. Should Heaven ordain That this great Servant of a righteous cause Must still have sad or vexing thoughts to endure, Yet may a sympathizing spirit pause, Admonished by these truths, and quench all pain In thankful joy and gratulation pure. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WARS IN SWEDEN by CAROLYN KIZER ENERGY IN SWEDEN by KENNETH KOCH IN A SWEDISH GRAVEYARD by EMMA LAZARUS GOODBYE, GOTEBORG by JOHN UPDIKE A CARRIAGE FROM SWEDEN by MARIANNE MOORE HOW TO BECOME A TREE IN SWEDEN by RON PADGETT SONGS OF NEW SWEDEN: 1.THE COMING OF PRINTZ by ARTHUR PETERSON SONGS OF NEW SWEDEN: 2. PRINTZ'S HALL by ARTHUR PETERSON SONGS OF NEW SWEDEN: 3. THE SETTLEMENT by ARTHUR PETERSON A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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