Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE KING'S BIRTHDAY, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rouse up thyself, my gentle muse Last Line: That best of crowns is such a love. Subject(s): Charles I, King Of England (1600-1649) | ||||||||
Rouse up thyself, my gentle muse, Though now our green conceits be grey, And yet once more do not refuse To take thy Phrygian harp, and play In honour of this cheerful day: Long may they both contend to prove, That best of crowns is such a love. Make first a song of joy, and love, Which chastely flames in royal eyes, Then tune it to the spheres above, When the benignest stars do rise, And sweet conjunctions grace the skies. Long may etc. To this let all good hearts resound, Whilst diadems invest his head; Long may he live, whose life doth bound More than his laws, and better led By high example, than by dread. Long may etc. Long may he round about him see His roses, and his lilies blown: Long may his only dear, and he Joy in ideas of their own, And kingdom's hopes so timely sown. Long may they both contend to prove, That best of crowns is such a love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK BY THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES AT CHARING CROSS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON ON THE FUNERAL OF CHARLES I; AT NIGHT, IN ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES CROMWELL'S SOLILOQUY OVER THE DEAD BODY OF CHARLES by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON ON A ROYAL VISIT TO THE VAULTS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON WINDSOR POETICS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE CHARLES by THOMAS CAMPION TO THE KING, AT HIS ENTRANCE INTO SAXHAM, BY MASTER JOHN CROFTS by THOMAS CAREW ELEGY UPON KING CHARLES THE FIRST, MURDERED PUBLICLY BY HIS SUBJECTS by JOHN CLEVELAND A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 1. HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON |
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