Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE NUMEROUS ACCESSE OF THE ENGLISH TO WAITE, by KATHERINE PHILIPS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hasten (great prince) unto thy british isles Last Line: Will go, and see him once before I dye. Alternate Author Name(s): Orinda Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; England; Islands; English | ||||||||
Hasten (great prince) unto thy British Isles, Or all thy subjects will become exiles; To thee they flock, Thy presence is their home, As Pompey's residence made Afrique Rome. They that asserted thy just cause go hence, There to expresse their joy and reverence; And they that did not, now, by wonder taught, Go to confesse and expiate their fault; So that if thou dost stay, thy gasping land Will it selfe empty on the Belgique strand, Where the affrighted Dutchman doth professe He thinkes it an invasion, not addresse. As we unmonarch'd were for want of thee, So till thou com'st we shall unpeopled be. None but the close Fanatique will remaine, Who by our Loyaltie his ends will gaine: And he the exhausted land will quickly find As desolate a place as he design'd. For England (though growne old with woes) will see Her long deny'd and soveraigne remedy. So when Old Jacob could but credit give That his prodigious Joseph still did live, (Joseph that was preserved to restore Their lives, who would have taken his before) It is enough (sayes he), to Egypt I Will go, and see him once before I dye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE GHOSTS IN ENGLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS STAYING UP FOR ENGLAND by LIAM RECTOR STONE AND FLOWER by KENNETH REXROTH THE HANGED MAN by KENNETH REXROTH ENGLISH TRAIN COMPARTMENT by JOHN UPDIKE FRIENDSHIP'S MYSTERY, TO MY DEAREST LUCASIA by KATHERINE PHILIPS LUCASIA, ROSANIA, AND ORINDA PARTING AT A FOUNTAIN by KATHERINE PHILIPS |
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