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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ZINNIAS, by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD First Line: Stiff ladies in ruff and fardingale Last Line: Sooth, his grace the earl of liecester. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens | |||
Stiff ladies in ruff and fardingale, Coquettes a bit tarnished under their finery. Brave in the August sunshine, Queen Bess and her retinue Are riding down to Kenilworth, To Kenilworth today. And the tall, bedizened wonder, In slashed saffron doublet yonder? 'Sooth, his grace the Earl of Liecester. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN IN PHARAOH'S TOMB by HAYDEN CARRUTH FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS ELEGY ASKING THAT IT BE THE LAST; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE L,ENVOI: IN OUR TIME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY VASHTI by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LINES ON CARMEN SYLVA by EMMA LAZARUS TO CARMEN SYLVA (QUEEN OF ROUMANIA) by EMMA LAZARUS ADMIRAL, HAIL! by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD |
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