Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTION: EPITAPH ON KING JOHN, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: John rests below. A man more infamous Last Line: For they must bear the burthen of thy crime. Subject(s): Epitaphs; John, King Of England (1167-1216); Lackland, John | ||||||||
JOHN rests below. A man more infamous Has never held the sceptre of these realms, And bruised beneath the iron rod of power, The oppressed men of England. Englishman! Curse not his memory. Murderer as he was, Coward and slave, yet he it was who signed That charter which should make thee, morn and night, Be thankful for thy birth-place: Englishman! That holy charter, which, shouldst thou permit Force to destroy, or fraud to undermine, Thy children's groans will persecute thy soul, For they must bear the burthen of thy crime. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY BISHOP HATTO [AND THE RATS] by ROBERT SOUTHEY POEMS ON THE SLAVE TRADE: 6 by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE CATARACT OF LODORE by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE GREENWOOD SHRIFT; GEORGE III AND A DYING WOMAN IN WINDSOR FOREST by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE HOLLY TREE by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE IMMORTALITY OF LOVE by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE INCHCAPE ROCK by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS AND HOW HE GAINED THEM by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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