Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET AT COURT, by JANE FRANCESCA WILDE Poet's Biography First Line: He stands alone in the lordly hall Last Line: Kneel to the god-made king! Alternate Author Name(s): Speranza; Elgee, Jane Francesca; Wilde, William Robert Wills, Mrs. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
I. HE stands alone in the lordly hall -- He, with the high, pale brow; But never a one at the festival Was half so great, I trow. They kiss the hand, and they bend the knee, Slaves to an earthly king! But the heir of a loftier dynasty May scorn that courtly ring. II. They press, with false and flattering words, Around the blood-bought throne; But the homage never yet won by swords Is his -- the Anointed One! His sway over every nation Extendeth from zone to zone; He reigns as a god o'er creation -- The universe is his own. III. No star on his breast is beaming, But the light of his flashing eye Reveals, in its haughtier gleaming, The conscious majesty. For the Poet's crown is the godlike brow -- Away with that golden thing! Your fealty was never yet due till now -- Kneel to the God-made King! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB THE FAMINE YEAR by JANE FRANCESCA WILDE A LAMENT by JANE FRANCESCA WILDE A REMONSTRANCE; ADDRESSED TO D. FLORENCE M'CARTHY, M.R.I.A. by JANE FRANCESCA WILDE |
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