Sonnets written chiefly during a tour through Holland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Hungary. By Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley |
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THE APPROACH TO VARNA.
Fair looked the guarded town from the Euxine Sea,With crowded Minarets crowned—that sought the Sky,
Lifting their gilded summits far on high,
The oak-wooded shores had led on smilingly
To this proud city—which might seem to be
The abode of Peace, and not of War;—the sigh
Of dreamy waters, that seemed slow and shy
To approach the Strand, did with mild winds agree!
Yet, Varna!—what fierce strifes hast thou not known!
Whatscenes of death and dread, what works of doom!
Echoed thy streets the yell—the shriek—the groan,
Till blackened o'er with the ashes of the tomb!—
Thy Seas were smoothed, while roared the thunderous tone
Of stern Artillery's shocks,—which long-resounding boom!
Varna.
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