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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A ROYAL VISIT TO THE VAULTS, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Famed for their civil and domestic quarrels Last Line: The blood and dirt of both to mould a george! Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): George Iv, King Of England (1762-1830); Henry Viii, King Of England (1491-1547); Charles I, King Of England (1600-1649) | |||
OR CAESAR'S DISCOVERY OF C. I. AND H. '. IN YE SAME VAULT FAMED for their civil and domestic quarrels, See heartless Henry lies by headless Charles; Between them stands another sceptred thing, It lives, it reigns -- 'aye, every inch a king.' Charles to his people, Henry to his wife, In him the double tyrant starts to life: Justice and Death have mix'd their dust in vain, The royal Vampires join and rise again. What now can tombs avail, since these disgorge The blood and dirt of both to mould a George! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK BY THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES AT CHARING CROSS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON ON THE FUNERAL OF CHARLES I; AT NIGHT, IN ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES CROMWELL'S SOLILOQUY OVER THE DEAD BODY OF CHARLES by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON WINDSOR POETICS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE CHARLES by THOMAS CAMPION TO THE KING, AT HIS ENTRANCE INTO SAXHAM, BY MASTER JOHN CROFTS by THOMAS CAREW ELEGY UPON KING CHARLES THE FIRST, MURDERED PUBLICLY BY HIS SUBJECTS by JOHN CLEVELAND THE KING'S DISGUISE by JOHN CLEVELAND ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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