I CLIO. Up public joy, remember This sixteenth of November, Some brave uncommon way: And though the parish steeple Be silent, to the people Ring thou it holiday. 2 MEL. What, though the thrifty tower And guns there, spare to pour Their noises forth in thunder: As fearful to awake This city, or to shake Their guarded gates asunder? 3 THAL. Yet, let our trumpets sound; And cleave both air and ground, With beating of our drums: Let every lyre be strung, Harp, lute, theorbo sprung, With touch of dainty thumbs! 4 EUT. That when the choir is full, The harmony may pull The angels from their spheres: And each intelligence May wish itself a sense, Whilst it the ditty hears. 5 TERP. Behold the royal Mary, The daughter of great Harry! And sister to just Lewis! Comes in the pomp, and glory Of all her brother's story, And of her father's prowess! 6 ERAT. She shows so far above The feigned queen of love, This sea-girt isle upon: As here no Venus were; But, that she reigning here, Had got the Ceston on! 7 CALLI. See, see our active king Hath taken twice the ring Upon his pointed lance: Whilst all the ravished rout Do mingle in a shout, Hey! for the flower of France! 8 URA. This day the court doth measure Her joy in state, and pleasure; And with a reverend fear, The revels, and the play, Sum up this crowned day, Her two and twentieth year! 9 POLY. Sweet happy Mary! All The people her do call! And this the womb divine! So fruitful and so fair, Hath brought the land an heir! And Charles a Caroline! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE (MUSIC-MAKERS) by ARTHUR WILLIAM EDGAR O'SHAUGHNESSY COLUMBUS [JANUARY, 1487] by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY A STIRRUP-CUP by DOUGLAS AINSLIE WOMEN'S WAR THOUGHTS by MARY HUNTER AUSTIN SKYFARER by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD |