Project Gutenberg 2006-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 336 Walker, William Sidney 1795 1846 Gustavus Vasa and other poems Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Gustavus Vasa" by William Sidney Walker is a historical epic poem written in the early 19th century. The narrative centers on the figure of Gustavus Vasa, a Swedish patriot, amidst the oppression imposed by the Danish king, Christiern. The work explores themes of freedom, valor, and the struggle against tyranny through various characters who represent different facets of bravery and betrayal in a time of national crisis. At the start of the poem, Walker sets the stage by detailing the dire state of Sweden under Christiern's ruthless rule. We are introduced to key characters such as the ambitious prelate Trollio, the martial chief Otho, and the introspective Ernestus, who grapples with his own treachery. The scene unfolds with a council meeting foreshadowing the conflict, as Christiern seeks to quell the resistance in Dalecarlia. The tumultuous setting captures the tension between tyranny and the burgeoning hope for liberation, setting up the quest for Gustavus Vasa, who is framed as the potential hero in Sweden’s struggle for independence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Poetry Gustav I Vasa, King of Sweden, 1496-1560 -- Poetry PR Text Browsing: History - Royalty Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Category: Historical Novels Category: Poetry 409989 2025-06-07T14:09:34.275261 text/html 411045 2006-02-11T19:36:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 111571 2006-02-12T05:36:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 192189 2025-06-07T14:09:50.924103 application/epub+zip 194169 2025-06-07T14:09:39.780167 application/epub+zip 184236 2025-06-07T14:09:37.392213 application/epub+zip 424882 2025-06-07T14:09:56.507118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 622185 2025-06-07T14:09:48.261206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 594418 2022-09-08T12:50:06.915404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257534 2025-06-07T14:09:32.109271 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 40960 2006-02-11T19:35:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 99466 2006-02-12T05:36:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 256918 2006-02-11T19:34:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 99034 2006-02-12T05:36:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 257060 2006-02-11T19:32:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98732 2006-02-12T05:36:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22431 2025-06-07T14:09:57.630104 application/rdf+xml 14227 2025-06-07T14:09:38.052212 image/jpeg 3758 2025-06-07T14:09:37.724202 image/jpeg 184129 2025-06-07T14:09:34.308230 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia