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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TREASON, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What time I write my roundelays Last Line: I am as derelict as he. Subject(s): Solomon (10th Century B.c.) | |||
WHAT time I write my roundelays, I am as proud as princes gone, Who built their empires in old days, As Tamburlaine or Solomon; And wisely though companions then Say well it is and well I sing, Assured above the praise of men I am a solitary king. But when I leave that straiter mood, That lonely hour, and put aside The continence of solitude, I fall in treason to my pride, And if a witling's word be spent Upon my song in jealousy, In anger and in argument I am as derelict as he. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOLOMON TO SHEBA by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SOLOMON AND THE WITCH by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SOLOMON'S PARENTS by GORDON BOTTOMLEY SOLOMON AND BALKIS by ROBERT BROWNING THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: KING SOLOMON by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON ON PRIOR'S SOLOMON by JOHN BYROM SOLOMON'S PRAYER by MARY HAMPDEN CUTTS THE DEAD SOLOMON by JOHN AYLMER DORGAN WORD-PORTRAITS: SOLOMON by ROBERT GREENE |
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