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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DUKE OF ALVA'S OBSERVATIONS ON KINGS, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Kings, when to private audience they descend Last Line: Like some old book which he has read all over. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers | |||
KINGS, when to private audience they descend, And make the baffled courtier their prey, Do use an orange, as they treat a friend -- Extract the juice, and cast the rind away. When thou art favour'd by thy sovereign's eye, Let not his glance thine inmost thoughts discover; Or he will scan thee through, and lay thee by, Like some old book which he has read all over. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN IN PHARAOH'S TOMB by HAYDEN CARRUTH JUSTICE LISTENS AT THE GATES OF BEAUTY by AIME CESAIRE FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS ELEGY ASKING THAT IT BE THE LAST; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE MY SISTER, THE QUEEN by EDWARD FIELD L,ENVOI: IN OUR TIME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY VASHTI by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A CHARACTER by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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