Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MASQUE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE LORD HAYES: TO JAMES KING OF BRITAIN, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The disunited scythians when they sought Last Line: If he that marries kingdoms, marries men? Subject(s): James I, King Of England (1566-1625) | ||||||||
THE disunited Scythians when they sought To gather strength by parties, and combine That perfect league of friends which once being wrought No turn of time or fortune could untwine, This rite they held: a massy bowl was brought, And every right arm shot his several blood Into the mazer till 'twas fully fraught. Then having stirred it to an equal flood They quaffed to th' union, which till death should last, In spite of private foe, or foreign fear; And this blood-sacrament being known t' have past, Their names grew dreadful to all far and near. O then, great Monarch, with how wise a care Do you these bloods divided mix in one, And with like consanguinities prepare The high, and everliving Union 'Tween Scots and English! who can wonder then If he that marries kingdoms, marries men? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE MOST SCARED KING JAMES by THOMAS CAMPION AN NEW YEARES GUIFT TO THE KINGS MAJESTIE by ARTHUR GORGES THE CONCLUSION TO THE KINGS MAJESTIE by ARTHUR GORGES A PANEGYRE, ON HAPPY ENTRANCE OF JAMES, OUR SOVEREIGN TO PARLIAMENT by BEN JONSON BEN JONSON'S GRACE BEFORE KING JAMES by BEN JONSON EPIGRAM: TO KNG JAMES by BEN JONSON TO KING JAMES; UPON THE HAPPY FALSE RUMOUR OF HIS DEATH by BEN JONSON A SATIRE WRITTEN TO KING JAMES I, SELECTION by GEORGE WITHER A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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