Christopher Wordsworth

thumb|Christopher Wordsworth Christopher Wordsworth (30 October 1807 – 20 March 1885) was an English intellectual and a bishop of the Church of England. Quotes The spires of Moscow glittering from afarIn the pale lustre of yon silver star,Her steel-clad bastions, and embattled walls,Her domes, her fanes, and gold-bespangled halls. The Invasion of Russia, by Napoleon Buonaparte, in The Oriental Herald, vol. 18, no. 56 (August 1828), pp. 231–6 Thy children, Moscow, rear thy funeral pyre,Plant the red torch, and fan the pious fire.For wilt thou, wilt thou thy destroyer greet,Drest with the garlands of thy own defeat;Or bid thy vaulted domes with loud acclaimAttune their echoes to a tyrant’s name;Or see by feet unblest thy temples trod,And blood-red eagles waved above the shrine of God? The Invasion of Russia, by Napoleon Buonaparte External links Category:1807 births Category:1885 deaths Category:Orators Category:Anglican bishops Category:Educators from England Category:Anglicans from the United Kingdom Category:Theologians from England Category:Hymnwriters from England Category:People from London