Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CORONATION DAY, by EDNA C. HENDRICKS First Line: With flying flags and beating drums Last Line: Who loved, and dared to challenge fate! Subject(s): Edward Viii, King Of England (1894-1972) | ||||||||
With flying flags and beating drums, And all the panoply of wealth; The muffled roar that hums and thrums Along the rain-wet, grey asphalt; Where shivering millions stand and wait, Jostle and push good-naturedly, Until at last the Coach-of-State, Bearing the Royal Pair rolls by. And now the waiting throng goes mad And shrieks and yells, and shrieks again, And yet again -- exultant, glad -- Reiterate "God Save the King!" But 'mid the din and pomp and show, As myriad hearts swear fealty, While quickened pulsebeats come and go, A ghostly shadow mars the joy. For he who chose to abdicate Is homeless in a foreign land; And in that gilded Coach-of-State, His shadow rides with King and Queen. But aeons hence when time has pulled The dimming curtain from the scene; And the swift-mounting years have lulled Into the grave's oblivion All prejudice and pride that bind The slow emotions of the great, King Edward's fame shall shine undimmed; -- Who loved, and dared to challenge Fate! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BECAUSE I LOVE HER by GERALD WILLIAM BULLETT TO ARCHBISHOP LANG (WRITTEN AT TIME OF THE ABDICATION, 1936) by GERALD WILLIAM BULLETT AUGUST FIRST by HAYDEN CARRUTH WHEN I AM DEAD by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOMESDAY BOOK: LILLI ALM by EDGAR LEE MASTERS A LITTLE GIRL LOST, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE SONG by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE THOSE VARIOUS SCALPELS by MARIANNE MOORE |
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