Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE KING ON IS BIRTHDAY. AN EPIGRAM. NOVEMBER 19, 1632, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is king charles his day. Speak it, thou tower Last Line: What prayers (people) can you think too much? Subject(s): Charles I, King Of England (1600-1649) | ||||||||
This is King Charles his day. Speak it, thou tower, Unto the ships, and they from tier, to tier, Discharge it 'bout the island, in an hour, As loud as thunder, and as swift as fire. Let Ireland meet it out at sea, half way, Repeating all Great Britain's joy, and more, Adding her own glad accents, to this day, Like Echo playing from the other shore. What drums or trumpets, or great ordinance can, The poetry of steeples, with the bells, Three kingdoms' mirth, in light, and airy man, Made lighter with the wine. All noises else, At bonfires, rockets, fireworks, with the shouts That cry that gladness, which their hearts would pray, Had they but grace, of thinking, at these routs, On the often coming of this holiday: And ever close the burden of the song, Still to have such a Charles, but this Charles long. The wish is great; but where the prince is such, What prayers (people) can you think too much? | 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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