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Famous Royal Court Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Royal Court poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous royal court poems. These examples illustrate what a famous royal court poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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...nce, I'll you repay.
Nay, honest John, don't think of you I'm making sport,
I pledge my word at least you shall see the royal court." 

So on the next Sunday John put on his best clothes,
And appeared at the palace gate as~you may suppose.
And he inquired for the Gudeman of Ballingeich;
And when he gained admittance his heart was freed from grief. 

For John soon found his friend the Gudeman,
And the King took John by the han',
Then conducted John from one apartment to anothe...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz



...Then, stranger, go! good speed the while,
     Nor think again of the lonely isle.

     'High place to thee in royal court,
          High place in battled line,
     Good hawk and hound for sylvan sport!
     Where beauty sees the brave resort,
          The honored meed be thine!
     True be thy sword, thy friend sincere,
     Thy lady constant, kind, and dear,
     And lost in love's and friendship's smile
     Be memory of the lonely isle!
     III.

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by Scott, Sir Walter

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