Nachname: Shelley Vorname: Percy Bysshe Titel: England in 1819 erste Zeile: An old, mad, blind, despis'd, and dying king ... Gedicht: An old, mad, blind, despis'd, 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, Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow, A people starv'd and stabb'd in the untill'd field, An army, which liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edg'd sword to all who wield, Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay, Religion Christless, Godless--a book seal'd, A Senate--Time's worst statute unrepeal'd, Are graves, from which a glorious Phantom may Burst, to illumine our tempestuous day. Titel_d:   Gedicht_d:   Nutzer: 0 E-Mail: robert.morten@t-online.de Autoren-Website:   Quelle: Poetical Works, ed. Mary Shelley (London: E. Moxon, 1839). Erfassungsdatum: Dienstag, 28.August.2001, 14:39 Rubrik: England Stil: Romantik