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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO KING CHARLES, by ANDREW MARVELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O figure five, presaging evil fate
Last Line: In harmony's five notes, o father shine.
First Line: O figure five, presaging evil fate
Last Line: In harmony's five notes, o father shine.
O figure FIVE, presaging evil fate
T' Earth's best! O hated Hades' five-fold gate!
O England's scandal, and abhorr'd of Heaven!
To purge its stain, O Charles, to thee is given.
Since kind Lucina give thee a FIFTH child,
Pentathlon shall thy children five be styled.
Wouldst thou be famous in many an after-book,
In thy fair children see a Pentateuch;
And since thou lovest poesy divine,
In Harmony's five notes, O Father shine.
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