Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COEUR DE LION: 1; SONNET, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK Poet's Biography First Line: Richard the lion-hearted, crowned serene Last Line: Lord of himself, therefore his brethren's lord. Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria Subject(s): Richard I, King Of England (1157-1199) | ||||||||
RICHARD the Lion-hearted, crowned serene With the true royalty of perfect man; Seated in stone above the praise or ban Of these mixed crowds who come gaping lean As if to see what the word "king" might mean In those old times. Behold! what need that rim Of crown 'gainst this blue sky, to signal him A monarch, of the monarchs that have been, And, perhaps, are not? -- Read his destinies In the full brow o'er-arching kingly eyes, In the strong hands, grasping both rein and sword, In the close mouth, so sternly beautiful: -- Surely, a man who his own spirit can rule; Lord of himself, therefore his brethren's lord. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COEUR DE LION, SELECTION by ELEANOR ANNE (PORDEN) FRANKLIN ROMANCERO: BOOK 1. HISTORIES: KING RICHARD by HEINRICH HEINE COEUR DE LION AT THE BIER OF HIS FATHER by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE TROUBADOUR AND RICHARD COEUR DE LION by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS COEUR DE LION TO BERENGARIA by THEODORE TILTON CRUSADE by THOMAS WARTON THE YOUNGER BY THE ALMA RIVER by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK DOUGLAS, DOUGLAS, TENDER AND TRUE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK HER LIKENESS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK NOW AND AFTERWARDS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK |
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