John Byrom (1692-1763). Epigrams. T. H. Ward, ed. 1880-1918. The English Poets

Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.
Vol. III. The Eighteenth Century: Addison to Blake

Epigrams

By John Byrom (1692–1763)


IN truths that nobody can miss
It is the quid that makes the quis;
In such as lie more deeply hid
It is the quis that makes the quid. * * * * *
God bless the King—I mean the faith’s defender!	5
God bless (no harm in blessing!) the Pretender!
But who pretender is, or who is king—
God bless us all!—that ’s quite another thing.