The Emperor Frederick Of Our Time

George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)



With Alfred and St. Louis he doth win
Grander than crowned head's mortuary dome:
His gentle heroic manhood enters in
The ever-flowering common heart for home.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 163
Words 28
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

George Meredith

George Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. more…

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