10 Best Famous Antoinette Poems
Here is a collection of the top 10 all-time best famous Antoinette poems. This is a select list of the best famous Antoinette poetry. Reading, writing, and enjoying famous Antoinette poetry (as well as classical and contemporary poems) is a great past time. These top poems are the best examples of antoinette poems.
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Robert William Service |
They told to Marie Antoinette:
"The beggers at your gate
Have eyes too sad for tears to wet,
And for your pity wait."
But Marie only laughed and said:
"My heart they will not ache:
If people starve for want of bread
Let them eat cake."
The Court re-echoed her bon mot;
It rang around the land,
Till masses wakened from their woe
With scyth and pick in hand.
It took a careless, callous phrase
To rouse the folk forlorn:
A million roared the Marseillaise:
Freedom was born.
And so to Marie Antoinette
Let's pay a tribute due;
Humanity owes her a debt,
(Ironical, it's true).
She sparked world revolution red,
And as with glee they bore
Upon a pike her lovely head
--Her curls dripped gore.
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