![Ecclesiastical Sonnets - Part I. - XXIX - Danish Conquests, By: William Wordsworth](https://i0.wp.com/poetrycatalog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ecclesiastical-Sonnets-Part-I-XXIX-Danish-Conquests-By-William-Wordsworth.png?resize=750%2C420&ssl=1)
Woe to the Crown that doth the Cowl obey!
Dissension, checking arms that would restrain
The incessant Rovers of the northern main,
Helps to restore and spread a Pagan sway:
But Gospel-truth is potent to allay
Fierceness and rage; and soon the cruel Dane
Feels, through the influence of her gentle reign,
His native superstitions melt away.
Thus, often, when thick gloom the east o’ershrouds,
The full-orbed Moon, slow-climbing, doth appear
Silently to consume the heavy clouds;
‘How’ no one can resolve; but every eye
Around her sees, while air is hushed, a clear
And widening circuit of ethereal sky.