Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEING RETIRED, COMPLAINS AGAINST THE COURT, by PHILIP AYRES


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

BEING RETIRED, COMPLAINS AGAINST THE COURT, by             Poem Explanation         Poet's Biography
First Line: Remote from court, where after toil we get
Last Line: Vanquish'd, I triumph; fighting, peace I find.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Retirement; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


REMOTE from Court, where after toil we get
More hopes than fruit, I now have chang'd my seat,
And here retir'd with calmer thoughts abide:
As Lea more smooth than troubled Thames does glide.

I need not great men here with flatt'ry please,
No pride nor envy shall disturb my ease;
If Love ensnares my heart, I from its net,
Or servile chain at least, my freedom get.

Since my new flame brake out, my old is dead,
With falsehood kindled, and with scorn 'twas fed;
And here the greatest rigour pleases more
Than all dissembled favours could before.

There Love's all counterfeit, and friendship too,
And nothing else but hate and malice true:
If here my Nymph be cross, or prove unkind,
Vanquish'd, I triumph; fighting, Peace I find.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net