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TO THE KING, UPON HIS TAKING OF LEICESTER by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: THIS DAY IS YOURS GREAT CHARLES! AND IN THIS WAR
Last Line: HOLD BUT HER HANDS; YOU HOLD BOTH HANDS AND WINGS.
Subject(s): CHARLES I, KING OF ENGLAND (1600-1649);

This Day is Yours Great CHARLES! and in this War
Your Fate, and Ours, alike Victorious are.
In her white Stole; now Victory do's rest
Enspher'd with Palm on Your Triumphant Crest.
Fortune is now Your Captive; other Kings
Hold but her hands; You hold both hands and wings.



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