Thursday, January 1, 2004

Sonnet Xviii: On The Late Massacre In Piemont Comments

Rating: 2.8

Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones
Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold,
Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old,
When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones;
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Barrel Rider 03 December 2008

Wonderful use of metre and rhyme and other poetic effects by a true master of the sonnet!

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