I am a King, <br />Or an Emperor rather, <br />I wear crown-imperial <br />And prince's-feather; <br />Golden-rod is the sceptre <br />I wield and wag, <br />And a broad purple flag-flower <br />Waves for my flag. <br />Elder the pithy <br />With old-man and sage, <br />These are my councillors <br />Green in old age; <br />Lord-and-ladies in silence <br />Stand round me and wait, <br />While gay ragged-robin <br />Makes bows at my gate.<br /><br />Christina Georgina Rossetti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-a-king-2/
