WHERE did Canute command the tide,
When hast'ning onward, to retreat,
Nor (should he on the shore abide),
Dare to approach his royal seat ?
What is as the birth-place named
Of Edward, the "Confessor" called ?
In Normandy, what city famed
Saw Joan of Arc die unappall'd ?
What island near the frigid zone
Is noted for its boiling springs ?
What mount in Leinster once was known
The theatre of dreadful things ?
Lastly, I beg you to relate,
What beauteous island is divided
From Naples, by Messina's strait
(There Dionysius once presided).
These will produce, disposed aright,
The name of a refulgent star,
Which 'mid the beaming hosts of night,
Transcendant glitters from afar.
When hast'ning onward, to retreat,
Nor (should he on the shore abide),
Dare to approach his royal seat ?
What is as the birth-place named
Of Edward, the "Confessor" called ?
In Normandy, what city famed
Saw Joan of Arc die unappall'd ?
What island near the frigid zone
Is noted for its boiling springs ?
What mount in Leinster once was known
The theatre of dreadful things ?
Lastly, I beg you to relate,
What beauteous island is divided
From Naples, by Messina's strait
(There Dionysius once presided).
These will produce, disposed aright,
The name of a refulgent star,
Which 'mid the beaming hosts of night,
Transcendant glitters from afar.
