Rio Verde, Rio Verde
The speaker addresses a river whose waters carry the corpses and blood of Moors and Christians after prolonged fighting. Dukes, counts, lords and other Spanish noblemen have been slain beside it.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: War Poetry · 107 words
First lines
Rio Verde, Rio Verde! / Many a corpse is bathed in thee, / Both of Moors and eke of Christians, / Slain with swords most cruelly.
And thy pure and crystal waters / Dappled are with crimson gore; / For between the Moors and Christians / Long has been the fight and sore.
Dukes and Counts fell bleeding near thee, / Lords of high renown were slain, / Perished many a brave hidalgo / Of the noblemen of Spain.
Genres
- War Poetry — Three stanzas describe corpses, bloodied river water and nobles killed in fighting between Moors and Christians.
Tags
warfare · rivers · battlefield deaths · Spanish nobility
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: War Poetry
- Length: 107 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
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