Victorian

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

1804–1881


Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804–1881), was a British statesman and writer who twice served as Prime Minister. He published verse as well as novels.

The poems here are taken from Arthur Quiller-Couch's anthology The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (Clarendon Press, 1912).

  1. Not only that thy puissant arm could bind

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