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It was in the days of a gay British King	A
In the old fashion'd custom of merry making	A
The Palace of Woodstock with revels did ring	A
While they sang and carous'd one and all	B
For the monarch a plentiful treasury had	C
And his Courtiers were pleas'd and no visage was sad	C
And the knavish and foolish with drinking were mad	C
While they sat in the Banquetting hall	B
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Some talk'd of their Valour and some of their Race	D
And vaunted till vaunting was black in the face	D
Some bragg'd for a title and some for a place	D
And like braggarts they bragg'd one and all	B
Some spoke of their scars in the Holy Crusade	E
Some boasted the banner of Fame they display'd	E
And some sang their Loves in the soft serenade	E
As they sat in the Banquetting hall	B
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And here sat a Baron and there sat a Knight	F
And here stood a Page in his habit all bright	F
And here a young Soldier in armour bedight	F
With a Friar carous'd one and all	B
Some play'd on the dulcimer some on the lute	F
And some who had nothing to talk of were mute	F
Till the Morning awakened put on her grey suit	F
And the Lark hover'd over the Hall	B
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It was in a vast gothic Hall that they sate	F
And the Tables were cover'd with rich gilded plate	F
And the King and his minions were toping in state	F
Till their noddles turn'd round one and all	B
And the Sun through the tall painted windows 'gan peep	G
And the Vassals were sleeping or longing to sleep	G
Though the Courtiers still waking their revels did keep	G
While the minstrels play'd sweet in the Hall	B
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And now in their Cups the bold topers began	H
To call for more wine from the cellar yeoman	I
And while each one replenish'd his goblet or can	H
The Monarch thus spake to them all	B
It is fit that the nobles do just what they please	J
That the Great live in idleness riot and ease	J
And that those should be favor'd who mark my decrees	J
And should feast in the Banquetting Hall	B
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It is fit said the Monarch that riches should claim	K
A passport to freedom to honor and fame	K
That the poor should be humble obedient and tame	K
And in silence submit one and all	B
That the wise and the holy should toil for the Great	F
That the Vassals should tend at the tables of state	F
That the Pilgrim should pray for our souls at the gate	F
While we feast in our Banquetting Hall	B
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That the low lineag'd CARLES should be scantily fed	F
That their drink should be small and still smaller their bread	F
That their wives and their daughters to ruin be led	F
And submit to our will one and all	B
It is fit that whoever I choose to defend	F
Shall be courted and feasted and lov'd as a friend	F
While before them the good and enlighten'd shall bend	F
While they sit in the Banquetting Hall	B
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Now the Topers grew bold and each talk'd of his right	F
One would fain be a Baron another a Knight	F
And another because at the Tournament fight	F
He had vanquished his foes one and all	B
Demanded a track of rich lands and rich fare	L
And of stout serving Vassals a plentiful share	L
With a lasting exemption from penance and pray'r	M
And a throne in the Banquetting Hall	B
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But ONE who had neither been valiant nor wise	N
With a tone of importance thus vauntingly cries	N
My Leige he knows how a good subject to prize	N
And I therefore demand before all	B
I this Castle possess and the right to maintain	O
Five hundred stout Bowmen to follow my train	O
And as many strong Vassals to guard my domain	O
As the Lord of the Banquetting Hall	B
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I have fought with all nations and bled in the field	F
See my lance is unshiver'd tho' batter'd my shield	F
I have combatted legions yet never would yield	F
And the Enemy fled one and all	B
I have rescued a thousand fair Donnas in Spain	O
I have left in gay France every bosom in pain	O
I have conquer'd the Russian the Prussian the Dane	O
And will reign in the Banquetting Hall	B
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The Monarch now rose with majestical look	P
And his sword from the scabbard of Jewels he took	P
And the Castle with laughter and ribaldry shook	P
While the braggart accosted thus he	Q
I will give thee a place that will suit thy demand	F
What to thee is more fitting than Vassals or Land	F
I will give thee what justice and valour command	F
For a TRUMPETER bold thou shalt be	Q
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Now the revellers rose and began to complain	O
While they menanc'd with gestures and frown'd with disdain	O
And declar'd that the nobles were fitter to reign	O
Than a Prince so unruly as He	Q
But the Monarch cried sternly they taunted him so	R
From this moment the counsel of fools I forego	R
And on Wisdom and Virtue will honors bestow	R
For such ONLY are welcome to Me	Q
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So saying he quitted the Banquetting Hall	B
And leaving his Courtiers and flatterers all	B
Straightway for his Confessor loudly 'gan call	B
O Father now listen said he	Q
I have feasted the Fool I have pamper'd the Knave	S
I have scoff'd at the wise and neglected the brave	S
And here Holy Man Absolution I crave	S
For a penitent now I will be	Q
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From that moment the Monarch grew sober and good	F
And nestled with Birds of a different brood	F
For he found that the pathway which wisdom pursu'd	F
Was pleasant safe quiet and even	T
That by Temperance Virtue and liberal deeds	U
By nursing the flowrets and crushing the weeds	U
The loftiest Traveller always succeeds	U
For his journey will lead him to HEAV'N	T

Mary Darby Robinson

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