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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: CHARLES II, KING OF ENGLAND (1630-1685) Matches Found: 34 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin Last Line: And willing nations knew their lawful lord. Variant Title(s): Absalom And Achitophel: A Poem Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Conspiracy; Cooper, Anthony (1621-1683); Great Britain - Popish Plot (1678-80); Hyde, Lawrence. 1st Earl Of Rochester; James Ii, King Of Scotland (1430-1460); Jews; Politics & Government; Scott, James. Duke Of Mon ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL; THE SECOND PART, by NAHUM TATE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since men, like beasts, each other's prey were made Last Line: Their error and obeyed their lord Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Cooper, Anthony (1621-1683); Durfort De Duras, Louis (1641-1709); Fitzroy, Henry. 1st Duke Of Grafton; Great Britain - Popish Plot (1678-80); Legge, George. 1st Baron Dartmouth; Somerset, Henry. 3d Marquis Of Worc ALBION AND ALBANIUS: PROLOGUE, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Full twenty years and more,our laboring stage Last Line: Voices may help your charter to restoring, %and get by singing what you lost by roaring Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); James Ii, King Of Scotland (1430-1460); Opera AN EPIGRAM ON THE PRINCE'S BIRTH, by BEN JONSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And art thou born, brave babe? Blessed be thy birth! Last Line: Festinat caesar qui placuisse tibi. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) ASTRAEA REDUX: A POEM ON THE HAPPY RESTORATION AND RETURN OF HIS, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now with a general peace the world was blest Last Line: The world a monarch, and that monarch you Variant Title(s): Poem On The Happy Restoration & Return Of His Sacred Majesty Charles; Astraea Redu Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Sforza, Ludovico (1452-1508); Winter BY OCCASION OF THE YOUNG PRINCE HIS HAPPY BIRTH, by HENRY KING (1592-1669) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At this glad triumph, when most poets use Last Line: Heir to himself, through all posterity. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 3. CHARLES THE SECOND, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who comes - with rapture greeted, and caressed Last Line: By poets loathed; from which historians shrink! Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) EPITAPH ON CHARLES II, by JOHN WILMOT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here lies our sovereign lord the king Last Line: Nor ever did a wise one. Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Variant Title(s): King Charles Ii;on Charles Ii Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Epitaphs HERE'S A HEALTH TO KING CHARLES, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bring the bowl which you boast Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) IMPROMPTU ON CHARLES II (1), by JOHN WILMOT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We have a pretty witty king Last Line: And never did a wise one. Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) IMPROMPTU ON CHARLES II (2), by JOHN WILMOT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God bless our good and gracious king, / whose promise none relies on Last Line: Nor ever did a wise one. Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) LINES UPON A LOOKING-GLASS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Glass antique, 'twixt thee and nell Last Line: Was that face, by beauty's spell, %to the honest soul of nell! Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Gwynn, Eleanor (nell) (1650-1687) ODE UPON HIS MAJESTIE'S RESTORATION AND RETURN, by ABRAHAM COWLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now blessings on you all, ye peaceful starres Last Line: If your heads always stood within, and the rump-heads without. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) ON KING CHARLES, FOR WHICH HE WAS BANISHED THE COURT, by JOHN WILMOT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the isle of great britain long since famous known Last Line: E'er she can raise the member she enjoys. Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) ON THE KING'S RETURN TO WHITE-HALL, AFTER HIS SUMMER'S PROGRESS, 1684, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: From those serene and rapturous joys Last Line: When they fix'd on his brows his imperial crown. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Homecoming ON THE MUCH LAMENTED DEATH OF OUR LATE SOVEREIGN LORD, KING CHARLES II, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Alas! Why are we tempted to complain Last Line: By the joint groans of melancholy christendom. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) POLITICAL PROLOGUE: TO 'THE UNHAPPY FAVORITE,' BY JOHN BANKS, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When first the ark was landed on the shore Last Line: Still to havesuch a king, and this king long. Variant Title(s): Prologue And Epilogue To The Unhappy Favorite: Prologue Spoken To The Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); England; Mankind; Peace; English; Human Race POLITICAL PROLOGUE: TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In those cold regions which no summers cheer Last Line: And makes us happy by our own free-will. Variant Title(s): Prologues To The Duke And Duchess Of York: Prologue To His Royal Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); God; Theater & Theaters; Stage Life ROYAL ANGLER, by JOHN WILMOT Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Methinks, I see our mighty monarch stand Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) SECOND PROLOGUE AT COURT TO 'THE EMPRESS OF MOROCCO', BY LADY HOWARD, by JOHN WILMOT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wit has of late took up a trick t' appear Last Line: For love will ever make the triumph yours. Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Courts & Courtiers; Howard, Lady Betty (d. 1683); Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724) THE HISTORY OF INSPIDS; A LAMPOON, by JOHN WILMOT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Chast, pious, prudent, charles the second Last Line: Prove wretched, king'd by storks and loggs. Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Great Britain - History; English History THE KING'S HEALTH, by THOMAS D'URFEY Poem Text First Line: Joy to great caesar Last Line: For none e'er can love, or be wise and rebel. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Patriotism THE KING'S MISSIVE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Under the great hill sloping bare Last Line: Is gospel and law where the martyrs died. Subject(s): Boston; Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Endicott, John (1588-1655); Friends, Religious Society Of; Religious Discrimination; Shattuck, Samuel; Endecott, John (1588-1655); Quakers; Religious Conflict THE LAST INSTRUCTIONS TO A PAINTER, by ANDREW MARVELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After two sittings, now, our lady state Last Line: Give us this court and rule without a guard. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Paintings And Painters THE VOWS, by ANDREW MARVELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the plate was at pawn and the fob at an ebb Last Line: And quack in their language still, vive le roy. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Hate THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS: A FUNERAL PINDARIC ODE, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thus long my grief has kept me dumb Last Line: The fasces of the main. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Death; Physicians; Dead, The; Doctors TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY, ON HIS RESTORATION IN THE YEAR 1660, by JOHN WILMOT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Virtue's triumphant shrine! Who dost engage Last Line: By daring loyalty, your wilmot's son. Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY; A PANEGYRIC ON HIS CORNONATION, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In that wild deluge where the world was drowned Last Line: With their own peace their childrens happinesse. Variant Title(s): To His Sacred Majesty Charles The Second;to His Sacred Majesty, A Panegyric On His Coronation Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Courts & Courtiers; England; Praise; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; English TO THE QUEEN, by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: But even now it was time for you, greatest mother Last Line: O hail! For at your birth, golden boy, there was born %to charles and mary a third eye Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) UNDER KING CHARLES II'S PICTURE, by JOHN WILMOT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I, john roberts, writ this same Last Line: In honor of my master's master, king charles the second by name. Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) UPON SIR ROBERT VYNER'S SETTING UP THE KINGS-STATUE, by ANDREW MARVELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As cityes that to the fierce conqueror yield Last Line: Yet we'd better by far have him than his brother. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Statues UPON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCESSE ELIZABETH, by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bright starre of majesty, oh shedd on mee Last Line: And I'le not blurre it with my paraphrase. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) UPON THE KING'S CORONATION (1), by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sound forth, celestial organs, let heavens quire Last Line: The world will be one ocean, one great teare. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685) UPON THE KING'S HAPPY RETURN FROM SCOTLAND, by HENRY KING (1592-1669) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So breaks the day, when the returning sun Last Line: In thankful sacrifice for your return. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Homecoming; Scotland - Relations With England |
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