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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HENRY KING, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The chief defect of henry king Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Variant Title(s): Henry King, Who Chewed Bits Of String ... Subject(s): King, Henry (1592-1669); Mnemonics | |||
The Chief Defect of Henry King Was chewing little bits of String. At last he swallowed some which tied Itself in ugly Knots inside. Physicians of the Utmost Fame Were called at once; but when they came They answered, as they took their Fees, There is no Cure for this Disease. Henry will very soon be dead.'' His Parents stood about his Bed Lamenting his Untimely Death, When Henry, with his Latest Breath, Cried, "Oh, my Friends, be warned by me, That Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, and Tea Are all the Human Frame requires...'' With that, the Wretched Child expires. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPISTLE TO MR. MURRAY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON STANZAS TO A LADY, WITH THE POEMS OF CAMOENS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON METRICAL FEET by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE HOMERIC HEXAMETER [DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED] by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE, DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE LESSER EPISTLES: TO A YOUNG LADY WITH SOME LAMPREYS by JOHN GAY A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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