Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHANSON D'OR, by ANN HAMILTON (1902-)


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CHANSON D'OR, by                    
First Line: I shall have a gold room
Last Line: With a gold sword.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Anna E.; Hamilton, A. E.; Hamilton, Anne E.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Slavery; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Serfs


I shall have a gold room
When I am a queen,
With a poppy-perfume
And a jewelled screen;

You may come and see me
Any time you will
If you wear a green coat
And a gold frill;

I shall keep a black slave
Hidden in the wall,
Waiting to admit you
When you come to call,

And if you displease me
So that I am bored,
I will have him kill you
With a gold sword.





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