Sovereign of queens! if vain Ambition move My heart to seek an earthly prince's grace, Shew me thy Son in His imperial place Whose Servants reign our Kings and Queens above; And if alluring passions do prove By pleasing sighs, shew me Thy lovely face, Whose beams the angels' beauty do deface, And even inflame the seraphim with love. So by Ambition I shall humble be, When in the presence of the Highest King I serve all His that He may honour me; And Love my heart to chaste desires shall bring, When Fairest Queen looks on me from her throne, And, jealous, bids me love her alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FEBRUARY IN ROME by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE DEPARTURE OF THE SWALLOW by WILLIAM HOWITT A DREAM, AFTER READING DANTE'S EPISODE OF PAULO & FRANCESCA by JOHN KEATS THE MORNING-GLORY by MARIA WHITE LOWELL THE SUICIDE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY EPISTLE TO MRS. BLOUNT, WITH THE WORKS OF VOITURE by ALEXANDER POPE |