A Vision Of Folly

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



I saw one rushing madly in pursuit
Of Liberty. With frenzied steps he strode.
Old laws and customs with disdainful foot
He spurned beneath him in a mire of blood.
He stood before the wondering world a god,
A king with Freedom for his spouse and queen.
He felt his empire was divine and trod,
As on a footstool, on the necks of men.
Ruin awhile and havoc strewed his path.
He had his day of glory and his fall.
He stood once more upon his father's hearth,
Sated with pride, and there in frenzy worse
Wrought foul dishonour on that honoured hall,
And left its walls forever with a curse.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 580
Words 113
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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