AN old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king ; Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring ; Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know. But leech-like to their fainting country cling... Poetic Form and British Romanticism - Page 55by Stuart Curran - 1990 - 288 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | George Holbert Tucker - 1995 - 296 pages
...of George III and his male progeny, went even farther by describing the lot as: An old, mad, hlind despised and dying King, Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Thraugh puhlic scorn — mud fram a muddy spring — Ruler s who neither tee nor feel nor know But... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - 1996 - 364 pages
...the poem? (2) What part is played by form, especially grammar and rhyme, in the poem? England in 1819 An old mad, blind, despised, and dying King; Princes,...know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling 5 Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow. A people starved and stabbed in th' untilled field;... | |
 | Clara Calvo, Jean Jacques Weber - 1998 - 166 pages
...(he was to die in 1820). Here is Shelley's bitter reaction to these events: Sonnet to England in 1819 An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king Princes,...blood, without a blow A people starved and stabbed in the untilled field An army, which liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield... | |
 | James Chandler - 1999 - 616 pages
...political, and historical representation in the culture from and to which it is addressed: England in 181 9 An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King; Princes,...cling Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow, 47. Halevy, England in I81 5. Vol. 2 of Tlie History of the English People in the Xineteenth Century,... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - 2002 - 302 pages
...scene, a Spirit that strove For truth, and like the Preacher found it not. (1824) 336. England in 1819 An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, —...without a blow, — A people starved and stabbed in the untilled field, — An army, which liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield,... | |
 | Jim Murphy - 2000 - 184 pages
...Italy and his own plight in America. Several lines jumped out at him, and he would say these out loud: "Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know. But leech-like...blood, without a blow, A people starved and stabbed in the untill 'd field, " Could he ever hope to write such lines? he wondered. Could he find a way to... | |
 | Geoffrey Wawro - 2000 - 268 pages
...un-English excesses prompted Percy Shelley to write one of his most blistering sonnets: 'England in 1819'. An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flowThrough public scorn,- mud from a muddy spring, Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But... | |
 | Susan Stewart - 2002 - 460 pages
...Shelley's "England in 1819" is founded on the possibility of such an intersection: England in 1819 An old, mad, blind, despised and dying King; Princes,...blood, without a blow. A people starved and stabbed in th' untilled field; An army, whom liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield;... | |
 | Susan Stewart - 2002 - 472 pages
...Shelley's "England in 1819" is founded on the possibility of such an intersection: England in 1819 But leechlike to their fainting country cling Till...blood, without a blow. A people starved and stabbed in th' untilled field; An army, whom liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield;... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - 1999 - 306 pages
...scene, a Spirit that strove For truth, and like the Preacher found it not. (1824) 336. England in 1819 An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king,— Princes,...dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn—mud from a muddy spring,— Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to... | |
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