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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 4, by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN Poet's Biography First Line: O come, my king, and fill the palaces Last Line: So be it that I see thy royal face. Alternate Author Name(s): Dolben, Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth | |||
O COME, my king, and fill the palaces Where sceptred Loss too long hath held her state, With courts of Joyaunce, and a laughing breeze Of voices. -- If thou willest, come; -- I wait Unquestioning, no servant, but thy slave. I plead no merit, and no claim for wages, Nor that sweet favour which my sovereign gave In other days, of his own grace: but pages Are privileged to linger at the door With longing eyes, while nobles kiss the hand Of him the noblest, though elect no more To touch the train, or at the throne to stand. But come, content me with the lowest place, So be it that I see thy royal face. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POEM WITHOUT A NAME: 1 by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN A POEM WITHOUT A NAME: 2 by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN A PRAYER by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN A SEA SONG by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN A SONG OF EIGHTEEN by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN AFTER READING AESCHYLUS by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN AFTER READING HOMER by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN ANACREONTIC by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN BEYOND by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN BREVI TEMPORE MAGNUM PERFECIT OPUS by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN CORE by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN DUM AGONIZATUR ANIMA, ORENT ASSISTENTES; FRAGMENT by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN |
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