The Emperor’s Glove

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * Track #198 On The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The Emperor's Glove by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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On St. Baron's tower, commanding
&nbsp Half of Flanders, his domain,
Charles the Emperor once was standing,
While beneath him on the landing
&nbsp Stood Duke Alva and his train.

Like a print in books of fables,
&nbsp Or a model made for show,
With its pointed roofs and gables,
Dormer windows, scrolls and labels,
&nbsp Lay the city far below.

Through its squares and streets and alleys
&nbsp Poured the populace of Ghent;
As a routed army rallies,
Or as rivers run through valleys,
&nbsp Hurrying to their homes they went

"Nest of Lutheran misbelievers!"
&nbsp Cried Duke Alva as he gazed;
"Haunt of traitors and deceivers,
Stronghold of insurgent weavers,
&nbsp Let it to the ground be razed!"

On the Emperor's cap the feather
&nbsp Nods, as laughing he replies:
"How many skins of Spanish leather,
Think you, would, if stitched together
&nbsp Make a glove of such a size?"

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