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Poems— Volume 2
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XV
Passion on one hand, on one, Destiny led forth the Hun. Heard ye outcries of affright, Voices that through many a fray, In the press of flag and spear, Warned the king of peril near? Men were dumb, they gave him way, Eager heads to left and right, Like the bearded standard, thrust, As in battle, for a nod From their lord of battle-dust. Attila, my Attila! Slow between the lines he trod. Saw ye not the sun drop slow On this nuptial day, ere eve Pierced him on the couch aglow? Attila, my Attila! Here and there his heart would cleave Clotted memory for a space: Some stout chief’s familiar face, Choicest of his fighting brood, Touched him, as ’twere one to know Ere he met his bride’s embrace. Attila, my Attila! Twisting fingers in a beard Scant as winter underwood, With a narrowed eye he peered; Like the sunset’s graver red Up old pine-stems. Grave he stood Eyeing them on whom was shed Burning light from him alone. Attila, my Attila! Red were they whose mouths recalled Where the slaughter mounted high, High on it, o’er earth appalled, He; heaven’s finger in their sight Raising him on waves of dead, Up to heaven his trumpets blown. O for the time when God’s delight Crowned the head of Attila! Hungry river of the crag Stretching hands for earth he came: Force and Speed astride his name Pointed back to spear and flag. He came out of miracle cloud, Lightning-swift and spectre-lean. Now those days are in a shroud: Have him to his ghostly queen. Make the bed for Attila!
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Chicago:
George Meredith, "XV," Poems— Volume 2, ed. Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Poems—Volume 2 (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed July 10, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L29SBFQ1CSU6V96.
MLA:
Meredith, George. "XV." Poems— Volume 2, edited by Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Poems—Volume 2, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 10 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L29SBFQ1CSU6V96.
Harvard:
Meredith, G, 'XV' in Poems— Volume 2, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Poems—Volume 2, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 10 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L29SBFQ1CSU6V96.
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