Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CALL OF DUTY, by REGINALD CHAUNCEY ROBBINS First Line: At early morn, a valiant knight Last Line: "for 'duty calls.'" Subject(s): Knights & Knighthood | ||||||||
AT early morn, a valiant knight, On prancing charger, richly dight, With helm and lance and armor bright, Rose from his lordly halls: "Now, in this region, round about, There dwell three outlaws, strong and stout: If luck be mine, I'll find them out! For duty calls." Friday, at three, another knight (Knowing that ladies all delight In music), shod with patents bright, Steers clear of Music Halls: "In Boston's Back Bay, round about, There dwell three matrons, plain and stout: If luck be mine, I'll find them out -- For 'duty calls.'" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WILD RIDE by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI by JOHN KEATS THE GILLYFLOWER OF GOLD by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) THE HAYSTACK IN THE FLOODS by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) TO A CHILD OF QUALITY, FIVE YEARS OLD. THE AUTHOR THAN FORTY by MATTHEW PRIOR MAIDEN MELANCHOLY by RAINER MARIA RILKE TWO POEMS TO HANS THOMA ON HIS SIXIETH BIRTHDAY: 2. THE KNIGHT by RAINER MARIA RILKE SIR GAWAINE AND THE GREEN KNIGHT by YVOR WINTERS THE RHYME OF SIR LAUNCELOT BOGLE; A LEGEND OF GLASGOW by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN BLUE-BUTTERFLY DAY by ROBERT FROST THE CONQUERED BANNER by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN BETH GELERT; OR, THE GRAVE OF THE GREYHOUND by WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER |
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