History & Politics
An Appeal: I
From Songs Before Sunrise
History & Politics
ART thou indeed among these,
Thou of the tyrannous crew,
The kingdoms fed upon blood,
O queen from of old of the seas,
England, art thou of them too
That drink of the poisonous flood,
That hide under poisonous trees?
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “An Appeal: I.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/714/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “An Appeal: I.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/714/.
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