The Poet Passes through Surrey
while Reading Young Prince Philip
More like a colt than other creatures, born
A colt with slim limb beauty and with lock
Of blondness down his forehead to adorn
It, princely maleness made those near him gawk.
He was not a Greek god or a prince of
Greece except by accident. He was more
A boy of British public schools. The love
Prepared for him, the love ordained before
He knew it, was a royal one. Fine nose
And lips deserved the finest woman, wife,
And mother of his colts in turn. He chose
Her. She selected him to mate for life.
Germanic, Danish, Russian, lately Greek,
His soul resounded as a king’s physique.
This poem is part of a shorter sonnet sequence within this large sonnet sequence called The Encyclopedia Sonnetica. The shorter sonnet sequence is called “Philip, Prince of Greece and Great Britain.” I recommend you read this poem where it is set in its sonnet sequence. To do that, search for “Philip, Prince of Greece and Great Britain” here in The Encyclopedia Sonnetica.