Narrative poem · 1816
The Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo
Proem and two parts (1816)
Southey's account in six-line stanzas of his journey in 1815 through Flanders and Brussels to the field of Waterloo, followed by a dream-vision on the Mountain of the Muse in which he is shown the hopes of mankind after the victory.
Contents · 9 parts
- Proemabout 140 lines
- Part I, Canto I: Flandersabout 260 lines
- Part I, Canto II: Brusselsabout 100 lines
- Part I, Canto III: The Field of Battleabout 330 lines
- Part I, Canto IV: The Scene of Warabout 260 lines
- Part II, Canto I: The Towerabout 260 lines
- Part II, Canto II: The Evil Prophetabout 140 lines
- Part II, Canto III: The Sacred Mountainabout 310 lines
- Part II, Canto IV: The Hopes of Manabout 370 lines