SAID Bassompierre, "When I in Spain abode, Sire, on a mule in cavalcade I rode:" The King to his Ambassador replied, "An ass then fat upon a mule astride;" "Sire!" he retorted, "what you say is true, When at Madrid I represented you." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LA CONDUCTORA DEL DESEO/CONDUIT by VIRGIL SUAREZ TOMMY [ATKINS] by RUDYARD KIPLING THE VICTOR AT ANTIETAM [SEPTEMBER 17, 1862] by HERMAN MELVILLE SONG OF SHERWOOD by ALFRED NOYES CLEOPATRA by WILLIAM WETMORE STORY THE DEATH OF HARRISON by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS A FRAGMENT FROM THE AGAMEMNON OF AESCHYLOS by AESCHYLUS |