History & Politics
On the Death of Leopold, King of the Belgians
From Andromeda, and Other Poems
History & Politics
A King is dead! Another master mind
Is summoned from the world-wide council hall.
Ah, for some seer, to say what links behind--
To read the mystic writing on the wall!
Be still, fond man: nor ask thy fate to know.
Face bravely what each God-sent moment brings.
Above thee rules in love, through weal and woe,
Guiding thy kings and thee, the King of kings.
Windsor Castle,
November 10, 1865.
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MLA
Kingsley, Charles. “On the Death of Leopold, King of the Belgians.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kingsley/57/.
Chicago
Kingsley, Charles. “On the Death of Leopold, King of the Belgians.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kingsley/57/.
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