Hearts thump and picks and shovels poise; transfixed, we stare in awe,
For, glowering in uncharted realm, within that musty maw;
A ravaged, long-lost citadel - appalling to the sig... moreHearts thump and picks and shovels poise; transfixed, we stare in awe,
For, glowering in uncharted realm, within that musty maw;
A ravaged, long-lost citadel - appalling to the sight;
Eroded stone and sun-baked clay mired in primordial night.
Its guardians stir, incensed thus rudely waked from timeless sleep;
And yawn and stretch, and heel-to-toe, start from the gloomy deep;
An eerie file of mythic beasts lured from their hoary den,
Like night-moths to the lamplight, by this sunlit world of men.
But the Consul’s brow was sad,
And the Consul’s speech was low,
And darkly looked he at the wall,
And darkly at the foe.... moreBut the Consul’s brow was sad,
And the Consul’s speech was low,
And darkly looked he at the wall,
And darkly at the foe.
‘Their van will be upon us
Before the bridge goes down;
And if they once may win the bridge,
What hope to save the town?’
The waves take awful toll of them,
And spent from bloody fights,
And irksome northland winters long,
And dreary winter’s nights,... moreThe waves take awful toll of them,
And spent from bloody fights,
And irksome northland winters long,
And dreary winter’s nights,
Their dragon-ships hauled high and dry,
Hostage to ice and fogs,
They huddle round their longhouse fires
With their brawling half-wild dogs.
who thinks Palgrave's poem about the Battle of Crecy is awful? No, ah well, there's no accounting for taste is there? Besides, tastes change don't they? And talking of the Hundred ... morewho thinks Palgrave's poem about the Battle of Crecy is awful? No, ah well, there's no accounting for taste is there? Besides, tastes change don't they? And talking of the Hundred Years War, how is it that only ONE poem was ever written about the first great battle of that war?
To be precise book (s) that talk about Capital of those countries, direction, (north to West), where about it lies / near st ceans... (ceanso(oceans sort ca sorry cant delete mista... moreTo be precise book (s) that talk about Capital of those countries, direction, (north to West), where about it lies / near st ceans... (ceanso(oceans sort ca sorry cant delete mistakes on phone lol)...
