William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.
Epigram, 1785: ‘Ye kings, behold a brother fall!’Written extempore, on hearing the rumour of the death of George III.
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O England, laugh thy fill!
For scarce a monarch of them all
Produced you so much ill!
To gain their private ends,
They justly lost their country’s love,
And sold their best of friends.
As man, among the best:
Then while you mind the sceptred fool,
Believe a king a jest.
Who never knew his use:
His worst of foes were here: they say
He’s dead; then die abuse.