Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EPIGRAM TO KING CHARLES, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Great charles, among the holy gifts of grace Last Line: But, that he cure the people's evil too? Variant Title(s): An Epigram. To King Charles For A Hundred Pounds He Sent Me Subject(s): Charles I, King Of England (1600-1649); Piety | ||||||||
Great Charles, among the holy gifts of grace Annexed to thy person, and thy place, 'Tis not enough (thy piety is such) To cure the called King's evil with thy touch; But thou wilt yet a kinglier mastery try, To cure the poet's evil, poverty: And, in these cures, dost so thyself enlarge, As thou dost cure our evil, at thy charge. Nay, and in this, thou show'st to value more One poet, than of other folk ten score. O piety! So to weigh the poor's estates! O bounty! So to difference the rates! What can the poet wish his king may do, But, that he cure the people's evil too? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HYMN: FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY: 2 by REGINALD HEBER ON THE LOSS OF A PIOUS FRIEND by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD BLUEBEARD'S LAST WIFE: COMES PIETY by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD HELLENICS: CATILLUS AND SALIA by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR A THANKSGIVING FOR F.D. MAURICE by GEORGE MACDONALD VIOLIN SONGS: TO MY SISTER, ON HER TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY by GEORGE MACDONALD LOVE AND THE NOVICE by THOMAS MOORE A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 1. HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON |
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