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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO OUR BLESSED LADY (2), by HENRY CONSTABLE Poet's Biography First Line: Sovereign of queens: if vain ambition move Last Line: And, jealous, bids me love her alone. Subject(s): Ambition; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Worship; Virgin Mary | |||
Sovereign of queens! if vain Ambition move My heart to seek an earthly prince's grace, Shew me thy Son in His imperial place Whose Servants reign our Kings and Queens above; And if alluring passions do prove By pleasing sighs, shew me Thy lovely face, Whose beams the angels' beauty do deface, And even inflame the seraphim with love. So by Ambition I shall humble be, When in the presence of the Highest King I serve all His that He may honour me; And Love my heart to chaste desires shall bring, When Fairest Queen looks on me from her throne, And, jealous, bids me love her alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MADONNA by KATHARINE LEE BATES BALLADE TO OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA by HILAIRE BELLOC OUR LORD AND OUR LADY by HILAIRE BELLOC PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SONG OF MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON ISLAND MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON MARY'S DREAM by LUCILLE CLIFTON TO OUR BLESSED LADY (1) by HENRY CONSTABLE |
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