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SONNET DEDICATORY by AUGUSTE ANGELLIER

First Line: LIKE ROYAL GALLEYS BE MY VERSE HERE WRITTEN
Last Line: IT BEARS THY DEAR NAME ON, O ROYAL-HEARTED!
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; SONNET (AS LITERARY FORM); ROYAL COURT LIFE; ROYALTY; KINGS; QUEENS;
LIKE royal galleys be my verse here written
That trail their golden trappings thro' the deep,
Where under a silken dais with lilies litten
Upon an ivory bed the Queen doth sleep.
And set proud words like gonfalons appearing
Triumphant from their cordage as they go;
May lutes and cymbals make melodious hearing
With Love's own viols on their decks below;
May it be all ashine, with loud rhymes blended
Like salvos from the bulwarks; may it drift
With tumult of immortal airs attended;
May every mast green laurel-leaves uplift;
For through Time's spaces and its deeps uncharted
It bears thy dear name on, O royal-hearted!



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