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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOYALTY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: Kings, who would have good subjects, must
Last Line: Can sing without his robe or glass.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Loyalty
First Line: Kings, who would have good subjects, must
Last Line: Can sing without his robe or glass.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Loyalty
Kings, who would have good subjects, must
Be loyal subjects in themselves:
We poets – like women with their hair –
Who sing before a looking-glass,
Can count our loyal subjects, there!
You, who have found young Cupid's thumb
So soft and white, from constant sucking –
Sit down and think how sweet it was:
Until your poet, grown sincere,
Can sing without his robe or glass.
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