Civil War Poems - "An Horatian Ode Upon Cromwell's Return"
"So restless Cromwell would not cease
In the inglorious arts of peace,
But through adventurous war
Urgèd his active star,
And, like the three-forked lightning, first
Breaking the clouds where it was nursed,
Did through his own side
His fiery way divide" (Marvel, 9-16)
Is Marvel blaming Cromwell for the civil war? Restless Cromwell through war urged his star (which controls his fate) and divided his side (which I take just means his countrymen since it's being compared to lightning breaking the clouds that nursed it). Am I reading this correct?
In the inglorious arts of peace,
But through adventurous war
Urgèd his active star,
And, like the three-forked lightning, first
Breaking the clouds where it was nursed,
Did through his own side
His fiery way divide" (Marvel, 9-16)
Is Marvel blaming Cromwell for the civil war? Restless Cromwell through war urged his star (which controls his fate) and divided his side (which I take just means his countrymen since it's being compared to lightning breaking the clouds that nursed it). Am I reading this correct?
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