“There rolls He now, majestic, broad, and free” Professor, F.R.S.E. John Stuart Blackie Blackie, John Stuart Metadata research and editing DVPP Project Team Kaitlyn Fralick University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project Victoria, BC, Canada

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 Included in the first instalment of John Stuart Blackie’s prose contribution Sketches of Travel in Germany (91-101). (AC) The Dark Blue 2 7 96 There rolls He now, majestic, broad, and free, margin-left: 2rem; line-height: 1.3rem; margin-left: 1rem; margin-left: -1rem; display: none; display: inline; font-size: 1rem; width: 34rem; Proofed and verified poem. encoded poem. Generated file, added revisionDesc and set status to 'generated'.
There rolls He now, majestic, broad, and free, The German Rhine, with viny verduro bound, Festooned with populous wealth, a joy to see, With town and tower and rock-perched castle crowned ! And all around the little jocund rills Come bickering down, and from the genial mould Time’s vintage from the old Vulcanian hills, The bright flowers wave their purple and their gold. This the Frank saw and envied, till his passion Grew to a deed that made a din in story, When he his hand put forth in conqueror’s fashion, And lived by rapine, which he baptized glory, And bade the German Rhine flow blood and tears, Till God’s stern vengeance came with the slow-ripening years.