 | The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe |  |
AUGUSTA.
“Incedit regina!”
“Handsome and haughty!”—a comment that came
From lips which were never accustomed to malice;
A girl with a presence superb as her name,
And charmingly fitted for love—in a palace!
And oft I have wished (for in musing alone
One's fancy is apt to be very erratic)
That the lady might wear—No! I never will own
A thought so decidedly undemocratic!—
But if't were a coronet—this I'll aver,
No duchess on earth could more gracefully wear it;
And even a democrat, thinking of her,
Might surely be pardoned for wishing to share it!
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