Claverhouse at the Battle of Bothwell Brig
He leads them on, the chief, the knight;
Dark is his eye with fierce delight,
A calm and unrelenting joy,
Whose element is to destroy.
Down falls his soft and shining hair,
His face is as woman’s fair;
And that slight frame seems rather meant
For lady’s bower than soldier’s tent.
But on that kindled brow is wrought
The energy that is of thought,
The sternness and the strength that grow
In the high heart that beats below.
The golden spur is on his heel,
The spur his war-horse does not feel;
The sun alone has gilt the brand,
Now bared in his unsparing hand.
But ere the sun go down again
That sword will wear a deeper stain;
Sun and sword alike will go
Down o’er the dying and the foe.
Never yet hath failed that brand,
Never yet hath spared that hand;
Where their mingled light is shed,
Are the fugitive or dead.
Though the grave were on his way,
Forward, would that soldier say;
And upon his latest breath
Would be, "Victory or Death."
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on March 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH XXFF HHII JJKK |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 957 |
Words | 179 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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