History & Politics

Song from "Albion and Albanius" (Albion, by the nymph attended)

by John Dryden 1631–1700

History & Politics

Albion, by the nymph attended,
Was to Neptune recommended,
Peace and plenty spread the sails:
Venus, in her shell before him,
From the sands in safety bore him,
And supplied Etesian gales.
Archon on the shore commanding,
Lowly met him at his landing,
Crowds of people swarm'd around;
Welcome, rang like peals of thunder,
Welcome, rent the skies asunder,
Welcome, heaven and earth resound.

MLA

Dryden, John. “Song from "Albion and Albanius" (Albion, by the nymph attended).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dryden/68/.

Chicago

Dryden, John. “Song from "Albion and Albanius" (Albion, by the nymph attended).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dryden/68/.

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