A New Pilgrimage: Sonnet XIII

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)



And what strange sights have these threewindows seen,
Mid bonnes and children, in the Tuileries!
What flights of hero, Emperor and Queen,
Since first I looked down from them, one of these!
Here, with his Mornys and his Persignys,
Louis Napoleon, the Prince President,
Rode one December past us, on the breeze
Of his new glory, bloodstained and intent.
Later, I too my love's diplomacies
Played at Eugenia's court,--blest Empress! Then
How did men curse her with their Marseillaise,
When the foe's horse was watered in her Seine,
And the flames, lit for her last festival,
Licked out her palace and its glories all.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABABBCBCBDBEFG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 609
Words 107
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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