When the fiery fight is heard no more,
And the storm has ceased to blow.
NOTES AND QUESTIONS
For Biography, [see page 180].
Discussion. 1. Which stanza refers to the present; which one to the past; and which one to the future? 2. Why does the poet take this view into the past and the future? 3. Notice the interesting rime in the seventh line of every stanza. 4. Compare the eighth, ninth, and tenth lines of the fourth stanza with the corresponding lines in the other stanzas. 5. Notice the pleasing effect which the poet produces by using, in one line, several words beginning with the same letter: “battle,” “breeze,” “loud and long.” 6. Find other examples. 7. Show that this poem, written long after Sir Richard Grenville’s death, expresses the spirit in which he fought.
Phrases
- [glorious standard, 336, 5]
- [field of fame, 336, 13]
- [meteor flag, 337, 11]
- [danger’s troubled night, 337, 13]
- [star of peace, 337, 14]
- [ocean-warriors, 337, 15]