My Lord Rochester @3attempting to Kiss the Duchess of@1 Cleveland, @3as she was stepping out of her Chariot@1 at White-Hall-Gate, @3she threw him on his Back, and before he Rose, he spoke the following Lines.@1 BY Heavens! 'twas bravely done, First to Attempt the Chariot of the Sun, And then to fall like @3Phaeton@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CURIOSITY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE CHARGE AT SANTIAGO by WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNE UNDER THE SHADE OF THE TREES [MAY 10, 1863] by MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON TO NIGHT by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ON THE BIRTH OF HIS SON by SU SHIH RECOMPENSE by DOROTHY MOORE ALFORD HINTS OF AN HISTORICAL PLAY TO BE CALLED WILLIAM RUFUS by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 11. THE GREEK POET IN ENGLAND by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |