HAIL Reverend Monarch! Hoary Night! Extend thy ever Blissful reign, Bid jarring passions cease with Light, And Peace Lead forth thy jocund Train -- Thy Loyal Subjects here we sit Beneath they ever Blest domain In Amity and Friendship met To Celebrate thy Happy Reign. Elder than light, beneath thy sway, When thy imperial flag's unfurl'd At thy Dread March -- Light shrinks away And owns Thee Monarch of the World. Like some vast realm whose spacious Round The monarch's Face by Turns must Bless Thy empire by Creation bound By turns Enjoys Thy Sovereign Grace. The parched Earth oppress'd, at length Pants for thy shades and by Thee blest Quaffs thy Rich Dews, renews her strength, And with the Laborer finds rest -- The soaring birds, the scaly race, Reptile and insect own thy power; The beasts crouch low -- at thy approach, Bows every herb, droops every flower. At thy approach, the sons of war Unnerve the arms, bid discord cease; The clamorous mart, the noisy bar, The shrill-tongued shrew, are hushed to peace. Reclined beneath thy murky glades, Secure the secret lover plies; Shielded by thy compacted shades, The dart of scandal vainly flies. Hail reverend monarch! whilst you shed, O'er sleeping myriads ease from pain; Thy gayer mantle o'er us spread, Who wake, to celebrate thy reign. Wine, sparkling as thy starry glade -- In every mantling cup infuse; Send friendship, strength'ning as thy shade, Converse, refreshing as thy dews. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CONVERGENCE OF THE TWAIN; LINES ON LOSS OF THE TITANIC by THOMAS HARDY THIS SUMMER AND LAST by THOMAS HARDY UP-HILL by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MONT BLANC; LINES WRITTEN IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |