Who would not be thy subject, James, t'obey A prince, that rules by example, more than sway? Whose manners draw, more than thy powers constrain. And in this short time of thy happiest reign, Hast purged thy realms, as we have now no cause Left us of fear, but first our crimes, then laws. Like aids 'gainst treasons who hath found before? And than in them, how could we know God more? First thou preserved wert, our king to be, And since, the whole land was preserved for thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: 20. A HAPPY MARRIAGE by THOMAS CAMPION ROBERT GOULD SHAW by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR GASCOIGNE'S WOODMANSHIP by GEORGE GASCOIGNE THE HIGH-PRIEST TO ALEXANDER by ALFRED TENNYSON THE CHILD IN THE GARDEN by HENRY VAN DYKE THE BROOK: WINTER by LAURA ABELL FALL PLOWING by EVA K. ANGLESBURG |