Guilielmus Rex
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Guilielmus Rex
The folk who lived in Shakespeare's day
And saw that gentle figure pass
By London Bridge, his frequent way--
They little knew what man he was.
The pointed beard, the courteous mien,
The equal port to high and low,
All this they saw or might have seen--
But not the light behind the brow!
The doublet's modest gray or brown,
The slender sword-hilt's plain device,
What sign had these for prince or clown?
Few turned, or none, to scan him twice.
Yet 'twas the king of England's kings!
The rest with all their pomps and trains
Are mouldered, half-remembered things--
'Tis he alone that lives and reigns!
About Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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Summary
The Sisters' Tragedy
The Last Caesar
In Westminster Abbey
Alec Yeaton's Son
At the Funeral of a Minor Poet
Batuschka.
Act V
Tennyson
The Shipman's Tale
"I Vex Me Not with Brooding on the Years"
Monody on the Death of Wendell Phillips
Interludes
Echo-Song
A Mood
Guilielmus Rex
"Pillared Arch and Sculptured Tower"
Threnody
Sestet
A Touch of Nature
Memory
"I'll Not Confer with Sorrow"
A Dedication
No Songs in Winter
"Like Crusoe, Walking by the Lonely Strand"
The Letter
Sargent's Portrait of Edwin Booth at "The Players"
Pauline Pavlovna
Bagatelle
Corydon: A Pastoral
At a Reading
The Menu
An Elective Course
L'Eau Dormante
Thalia
Palinode
A Petition
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