Two noble knights, whom true desire and zeal, Hath armed at all points, charge me humbly kneel Unto thee, king of men; their noblest parts To tender thus, their lives, their loves, their hearts! The elder of these two, rich hope's increase, Presents a royal altar of fair peace, And as an everlasting sacrifice His life, his love, his honour, which ne'er dies, He freely brings; and on this altar lays As true oblations; his brother's emblem says, Except your gracious eye as through a glass Made prospective, behold him, he must pass Still that same little point he was; but when Your royal eye which still creates new men Shall look, and on him so, then art's a liar If from a little spark he rise not fire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SIGISMONDA AND GUISCARDO by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO HAMATREYA by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE WIND by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON PREFACE TO ERINNA'S POEMS by ANTIPATER OF SIDON RHAPSODY by MARTIN DONISTHORPE ARMSTRONG EXTRACTS FROM THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR CAYENNE by FRANK GELETT BURGESS |