OR CAESAR'S DISCOVERY OF C. I. AND H. '. IN YE SAME VAULT FAMED for their civil and domestic quarrels, See heartless Henry lies by headless Charles; Between them stands another sceptred thing, It lives, it reigns -- 'aye, every inch a king.' Charles to his people, Henry to his wife, In him the double tyrant starts to life: Justice and Death have mix'd their dust in vain, The royal Vampires join and rise again. What now can tombs avail, since these disgorge The blood and dirt of both to mould a George! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLAD by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY ON WORDSWORTH by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ANGEL OR WOMAN by THOMAS PARNELL THE FEAST OF THE DEAD by CHARLOTTE BECKER THE SPIRIT IS TRUE by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |