Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). Songs from 'The Princess', IV. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

Songs from ‘The Princess’, IV

By Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)


THY voice is heard thro’ rolling drums,
That beat to battle where he stands;
Thy face across his fancy comes,
And gives the battle to his hands:
A moment, while the trumpets blow,	5
He sees his brood about thy knee;
The next, like fire he meets the foe,
And strikes him dead for thine and thee.