To The Emperor William I
Francis William Lauderdale Adams 1862 – 1893
YOU are at least a Man, of men a King.
You have a heart, and with that heart you love.
The race you come from is not gendered of
The filthy sty whose latest litter cling
Round England's flesh-pots, gorged hogs gluttoning.
No, but on flaming battlefields, in courts
Of honour and of danger old resorts,
The name of Hohen-Zollern clear doth ring.
O Father William, you, not falsely weak,
Who never spared the rod to spoil the child,
Our mighty Germany, we only speak,
To bless you with a blessing sweet and mild,
Ere that near heaven your weary footsteps seek
Where love with liberty is reconciled.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABBAACCADEDEDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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