THE French Ambassador had been to wait On James the First, in equipage of state: @3Bacon@1 was by; to whom the king began— "Well now, my lord, what think you of the man?" @3He's a tall proper person, sir,@1 said he— "Aye," said the king, "that any one may see; "But what d'ye think of head-piece in the case? "Is he a proper person for his place?" My lord, who thought he was not, I suppose, Gave him this answer, as the story goes— @3Tall men are oft like houses that are tall; The upper rooms are furnish'd worst of all.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EVE SPEAKS by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE SELF-SEEKER by ROBERT FROST CHURCHILL'S GRAVE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TWO OF A TRADE by SAMUEL WILLOUGHBY DUFFIELD TO HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 13 by OMAR KHAYYAM AVE ATQUE VALE; IN MEMORY OF CHARLES BAUDELAIRE by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |