LIKE royal galleys be my verse here written That trail their golden trappings thro' the deep, Where under a silken dais with lilies litten Upon an ivory bed the Queen doth sleep. And set proud words like gonfalons appearing Triumphant from their cordage as they go; May lutes and cymbals make melodious hearing With Love's own viols on their decks below; May it be all ashine, with loud rhymes blended Like salvos from the bulwarks; may it drift With tumult of immortal airs attended; May every mast green laurel-leaves uplift; For through Time's spaces and its deeps uncharted It bears thy dear name on, O royal-hearted! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIREFLY; A SONG by ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS PARACELSUS: 1. PARACEI SUS ASPIRES by ROBERT BROWNING THE OLD MAN'S COUNSEL by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT LOVE'S SECRET SPRINGS by ALICE CARY |