BE, like a noble prince, in love with fame! Live glorious days, and win a deathless name Achieving deeds that history shall tell, Like those of Charles the Great, and Charles Martel! Let not the nobles wrong the Third Estate; Let not the populace displease the great. Manage thy revenues with canny sense; The Prince who cannot govern his expense, And rule his wife, his children, his estate, Will surely fail to govern well the state. . . . But be more miserly of friends than gold; Kings without friends were wretched from of old. . . . Never appear in pompous vesturing; Virtue alone can fitly clothe a king. Let all thy body shine with virtues bright, And not thy raiment with rich pearls bedight. . . . And, Sire, since no man born may punish kings For any wrong, with strict examinings Chastise thyself, in fear lest finally God's justice, higher than thou, should punish thee. . . . | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TENEBRIS by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE VITAI LAMPADA by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT THE DREAMER by SHAEMAS O'SHEEL ODE TO WORK by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE CLOUDS: SONG [OR CHORUS] OF THE CLOUDS by ARISTOPHANES THE MAUSOLEUM by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN LILIES: 26. THE PSYCHE-SERVICE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 42. FAREWELL TO JULIET (4) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |