The great Macedon, that out of Persia chased Darius, of whose huge power all Asia rang, In the rich ark Dan Homer's rhymes he placed, Who feigned gests of heathen princes sang. What holy grave, what worthy sepulture, To Wyatt's Psalms should Christians then purchase? Where he doth paint the lively faith and pure, The steadfast hope, the sweet return to grace, Of just David, by perfect penitence; Where rulers may see, in a mirror clear, The bitter fruit of false concupiscence: How Jewry bought Uriah's death full dear. In princes' hearts God's scourge yprinted deep Mought them awake out of their sinful sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE UNKNOWN EROS: BOOK 1: 16. A FAREWELL by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE WRITTEN, AT THE REQUEST OF A GENTLEMAN, UNDER A .. PICTURE by RICHARD BARNFIELD HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 36 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH CREATIVE URGE by EMMA BRADFIELD A DIALOGUE BETWEEN HOM-VEG AND BALLURE'S RIVER by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: TO THE QUEEN OF SERPENTS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |