Great Charles, among the holy gifts of grace Annexed to thy person, and thy place, 'Tis not enough (thy piety is such) To cure the called King's evil with thy touch; But thou wilt yet a kinglier mastery try, To cure the poet's evil, poverty: And, in these cures, dost so thyself enlarge, As thou dost cure our evil, at thy charge. Nay, and in this, thou show'st to value more One poet, than of other folk ten score. O piety! So to weigh the poor's estates! O bounty! So to difference the rates! What can the poet wish his king may do, But, that he cure the people's evil too? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A HIGH-TONED OLD CHRISTIAN WOMAN by WALLACE STEVENS THE INDIGNANT CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS APPREHENSION by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE HA! HA! HO! HO! by BERTON BRALEY THE ITALIAN BISHOP by JOHN BYROM |