Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROYAL MISCHIEF: ACT 5, SCENE 1, by DELARIVIERE MANLEY Poet's Biography First Line: Your orders, sir, are punctually obey'd Last Line: And embraces on every fatal piece. Subject(s): Death; Kisses; Plays & Playwrights; Dead, The | ||||||||
Offic Your Orders, Sir, are punctually obey'd The Visier went undaunted to his Fate, Nor at the horrid manner was concern'd, But cry'd, 'twas glorious all he underwent For Bassima, then as the Orders ran, Alive we cram'd him in the Fatal Canon, Which in a moment was discharg'd in Air, His Carcass shattering in a thousand pieces. Now dread and Horrour fell on all the Crowd, At so unhear'd, and unimagin'd Death... Enter an Officer. Offi. My Lord, the Princess Selima, distracted With her Griefs, ranges the fatal Plain, Gathering the smoaking Relicks of her Lord, Which singes, as she grasps them; now on the Horrid Pile, her self had heap'd, I left her Stretcht along, bestowing burning Kisses And Embraces on every fatal piece. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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