Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COEUR DE LION: 2; SONNET, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK Poet's Biography First Line: O richard, o mon roi.' so minstrels sighed Last Line: "whispering with innocent awe -- ""this was a king." Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria Subject(s): Richard I, King Of England (1157-1199) | ||||||||
"O Richard, O mon roi." So minstrels sighed. The many-centuried voice dies fast away Amidst the turmoil of our modern day. How know we but these green-wreathed legends hide An ugly truth that never could abide In this our living world's far purer air? -- Nevertheless, O statue, rest thou there, Our Richard, of all chivalry the pride; Or if not the true Richard, still a type Of the old regal glory, fallen, o'er-ripe, And giving place to better blossoming: Stand -- imaging the grand heroic days; And let our little children come and gaze, Whispering with innocent awe -- "This was a King." | 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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