My northern blood exults to face

Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)



My northern blood exults to face
The rapture of this rough embrace,
Glowing in every vein to feel
The cordial caress of steel
From spear-blue air and sword-blue sea,
Armour of England's liberty.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AABBCC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 197
Words 35
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6

Alfred Austin

Alfred Austin DL was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. more…

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