History & Politics

Sir Lambert

by William Morris 1834–1896

From The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems

History & Politics

O! no hurt to me;
I see you sneering, Why take trouble then,
Seeing you love me not? Look you, our house
(Which, taken altogether, I love much)
Had better be upon the right side now,
If, once for all, it wishes to bear rule
As such a house should: cousin, you're too wise
To feed your hope up fat, that this fair France
Will ever draw two ways again; this side
The French, wrong-headed, all a-jar
With envious longings; and the other side
The order'd English, orderly led on
By those two Edwards through all wrong and right,
And muddling right and wrong to a thick broth
With that long stick, their strength. This is all changed,
The true French win, on either side you have
Cool-headed men, good at a tilting match,
And good at setting battles in array,
And good at squeezing taxes at due time;
Therefore by nature we French being here
Upon our own big land: [Sir Peter laughs aloud.
Well, Peter! well!
What makes you laugh?

MLA

Morris, William. “Sir Lambert.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/morris/102/.

Chicago

Morris, William. “Sir Lambert.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/morris/102/.

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