Sonnets of the Empire: Hawk
Archibald Thomas Strong 1876 – 1930
Great sea dog, fighter in the great old way!
What though thy ships were tinder, and the pest
Rotted thy ruffian crews that need had prest,
And all thy keels were clogged with foul decay,
Yet through the roaring months thy squadron lay
A watch-dog eager at the throat of Brest
While all the ocean smote her from the West
And all the tempests tore her in their play.
Thy soul was of the whirlwind, and thy cry
Still leaps from out the crash of guns and waves
To hurl us headlong on the foeman’s van,
As in the Bay of Death, ’mid breakers high
And felon reefs whereo’er the Atlantic raves,
Thy flagship foremost into glory ran.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABBAABBACDECDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 638 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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