History & Politics

The Sleep of Sigismund: XLIII

by Jean Ingelow 1820–1897

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II.

History & Politics

His vassals two
Serve with all homage deep and due.
He is contented, he doth find
Belike the kingdom much to his mind.
And when the long months of his long
Reign are two years, and like a song
From some far sweeter world, a call
From the king's mouth for fealty,
Buds soon to blossom in language fall,
They listen and find not any plea
Left, for fine chiding at destiny.

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Ingelow, Jean. “The Sleep of Sigismund: XLIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ingelow/84/.

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Ingelow, Jean. “The Sleep of Sigismund: XLIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ingelow/84/.

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