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A VISION OF THE GODS: HALOES, NOT HATS by JOHN CLOSE

First Line: AROUND THE GODS, EACH SEATED ON A THRONE
Last Line: AND SPARKLED IN THEIR GRAND MAJESTIC HEADS.
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; CROWNS; POETRY & POETS; ROYAL COURT LIFE; ROYALTY; KINGS; QUEENS;
AROUND the gods, each seated on a throne,
The poets, crown'd like royal kings they sat.
Around their heads a dazzling halo shone,
No need of mortal robes, or any hat.
Their curly locks, as white as driven snow,
Hung down like shining frosted silver threads;
And oh! their eyes, so full of joy they beam'd
And sparkled in their grand majestic heads.



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