To a Friend (wiersz Aubreya de Vere’a)

To a Friend, Requesting Me to Write a Poem on a Great Victory – wiersz irlandzkiego poety i dramaturga Aubrey de Vere’a (1788–1846), ojca Aubreya Thomasa de Vere’a, opublikowany w 1823 w tomiku The Duke of Mercia: an Historical Drama. The Lamentation of Ireland, and Other Poems. Utwór składa się z strof czterowersowych.

Another time – not now – not now —

That task of pride is not for me,

To wreath around the hero's brow

The trophies of bright poesy.

The echoes of the antique lyre

Have died along my feeble string,

My lips have lost the poet's fire —

Alas! I have not heart to sing.

Bibliografia

• Aubrey de Vere: The Duke of Mercia: an Historical Drama. The Lamentation of Ireland, an Other Poems. babel.hathitrust.org, 1823. [dostęp 2017-04-16]. (ang.).