Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRUE ROYALTY, by RUDYARD KIPLING


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First Line: There was never a queen like balkis
Last Line: Rudyard kipling.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


THERE was never a Queen like Balkis,
From here to the wide world's end;
But Balkis talked to a butterfly
As you would talk to a friend.

There was never a King like Solomon,
Not since the world began;
But Solomon talked to a butterfly
As a man would talk to a man.

She was Queen of Sabaea—
And he was Asia's Lord—
But they both of 'em talked to butterflies
When they took their walks abroad.
RUDYARD KIPLING.




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