Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SAUCCESSION OF KINGS, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: William the norman was brave in the field
Last Line: Reigns over england beloved and at peace.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658); England; Peace; English


William the Norman was brave in the field;
And Rufus, his Son, in the chase was killed.
Henry the first early lost his dear Son;
And Stephen's battles were bravely won.
Henry the second his kingdom increased.
Richard the first led Crusades in the East.
John signed Magna Charta at Runnymede.
Henry the third put his seal to the deed.
Brave Edward the first the Welsh did subdue.
Weak Edward the second had foes not a few.
Edward the third to France did aspire,
Whose Son, the Black Prince, died before his Sire.
Richard the second to weakness was prone;
And Henry the fourth was placed on his throne.
Fifth Henry at Agincourt won the field.
Meek Henry the sixth was forced to yield,
To Edward the fourth who abused his power.
Edward the fifth found a grave in the Tower.
Richard the third was a treacherous friend;
By Henry the seventh he came to his end.
Henry the eighth had six wives in succession.
Edward the sixth was the hope of the nation;
For ten days reigned his Cousin the Lady Jane.
Queen Mary espoused King Philip of Spain.
A reign glorious and long was Elizabeth's lot.
James the first shrewdly guessed at the Gunpowder Plot.
Charles the first on a scaffold lost his head;
The Protector Cromwell ruled in his stead.
Richard Cromwell from ruling with joy did retire.
Charles the second beheld both the Plague and Fire.
For his faith James the second the crown did lose;
Which third William and Mary did not refuse.
Marlborough fought under good Queen Anne.
The Hanover Line with first George began.
Second George overcame the second Pretender.
In the reign of third George did Napoleon surrender.
George the fourth was long Regent, but King at last.
Under William the fourth the Reform Bill passed.
Good Queen Victoria, the last King's Niece,
Reigns over England beloved and at peace.





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