Adelgitha Poem by Thomas Campbell

Adelgitha

Rating: 2.7


The ordeal's fatal trumpet sounded,
And sad pale Adelgitha came,
When forth a valiant champion bounded,
And slew the slanderer of her fame.
She wept, delivered from her danger;
But when he knelt to claim her glove-
"Seek not!" she cried, "oh, gallant stranger,
For hapless Adelgitha's love.

For he is dead and in a foreign land
Whose arm should now have set me free;
And I must wear the willow garland
For him that's dead, or false to me."

"Nay! say not that his faith is tainted!"-
He raised his visor.-At the sight
She fell into his arms and fainted;
It was indeed her one true knight!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jean Cavrell 17 August 2020

Corney, story, but a happy ending

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Jean Cavrell 17 August 2020

Thomas Campbell is out of fashion now, but I would like very much to read " Adelgitha" , the poem you sent me. I can surmise some of the plot, but I would like to read the whole story!

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Anushree Vaidya 04 June 2016

Amazing poem with really nice rhyme scheme.

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