LINES COMPOSED ON THE OCCASION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT BEING SEEN STANDING BETWEEN THE COFFINS OF HENRY VIII. AND CHARLES I., IN THE ROYAL VAULT AT WINDSOR FAMED for contemptuous breach of sacred ties, By headless Charles see heartless Henry lies: Between them stands another sceptred thing -- It moves, it reigns -- in all but name, a king: Charles to his people, Henry to his wife, -- In him the double tyrant starts to life: Justice and death have mix'd their dust in vain, Each royal vampire wakes to life again. Ah, what can tombs avail! -- since these disgorge The blood and dust of both -- to mould a George. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HERTHA by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE TO THE MOCKINGBIRD by RICHARD HENRY WILDE NEGRO GIRL by IRENE COOPER ALLEN BLIND MAN'S BUFF by WILLIAM BLAKE THE BROOK by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO ROBERT SOUTHEY by MARIA GOWEN BROOKS |