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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON RICHARD THE THIRD SUPPOSED TO BE BURIED UNDER BRIDGE AT LEICESTER, by JOHN SUCKLING Poem Explanation Poet's Biography
First Line: What means this wat'ry canopy 'bout thy bed
Last Line: A heaven to thee midst hellish misery.
Subject(s): Graves; Richard Iii, King Of England (1452-1485); Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: What means this wat'ry canopy 'bout thy bed
Last Line: A heaven to thee midst hellish misery.
Subject(s): Graves; Richard Iii, King Of England (1452-1485); Tombs; Tombstones
WHAT means this wat'ry canopy 'bout thy bed,
These streaming vapours o'er thy sinful head?
Are they thy tears? Alas, in vain they're spilt,
'Tis now too late to wash away thy guilt.
Thou still art bloody Richard, and 'tis much
The water should not from thy very touch
Turn quite Egyptian, and the scaly fry
Fear to be kill'd, and so thy carcase fly.
Bathe, bathe thy fill, and take thy pleasure now
In this cold bed; yet, guilty Richard, know,
Judgment must come, and water then would be
A heaven to thee midst hellish misery.
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