The Divine Rights of Kings
"The Divine Rights of Kings" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe in which the speaker reimagines monarchy as a metaphor for romantic devotion. A woman named Ellen King becomes his sovereign — her virtue an unassailable throne, her beauty a chain he would gladly wear. With playful wit and genuine longing, Poe's speaker declares he would abandon all desire for freedom if only she would consent to rule his heart and fate entirely.
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