RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS (RIVER SERIES)
The River Thames
The island river of old Britannia
Known by some as Isis
Its dark waters have floated kings
To exile and exultation
The rising tide under London Bridge
Projects a mirror image
Parliament the tower and the wheel
A window to princes and monarchies
Ancient grudges and uprisings
The birth of human dignity
The rights of humankind
Echoes of the Globe Theater
Where Hamlet philosophized
Where Henry railed against the French
Where Falstaff belittled kings
Before his bitter end
All along the River Thames
The people take their comfort
For through the storied ages
While royal houses rise and fall
Their pomp and pageantry aglow
No matter who the palace holds
The river always flows
The river always flows
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