Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE KING'S PRAISE, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography First Line: When louis the king is louis the man Last Line: Is louis the man, is louis the man! Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens | ||||||||
When Louis the king is Louis the man 'Tis Love the uncanonized rules at court With frolic and revel and moon-lit sport; Let the queen go sulk and the priests go hang -- Quick, comrade, your bow to the Montespan And a ready brain for a quick retort -- When Louis the king is Louis the man. When Louis the king is Louis of France It's showing of purple and flood of gold, And a steady hilt for your hand to hold; Grave ministers, scholars -- ambassadours. A stately feast and a decorous dance, A bow to the Montespan touched with cold -- When Louis the king is Louis of France. When Louis the king is Louis the priest The court is as sad as a dog in Lent; There's cardinal, bishop and penitent (And Montespan praying for audience). A funeral face at a dreary feast -- I' faith, but our knees are forever bent When Louis the king is Louis the priest. L'Envoi True to the church is Louis the priest, True to France is Louis the king; Faithful ever, to praise him least, Though never at once to the selfsame thing, But true to himself and the Montespan Is Louis the man, is Louis the man! | 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 A BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE (TO SEUMAS MACMANUS) by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON |
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