Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VIII. National Spirit. 1904. | | | | III. War | | Give a Rouse | | Robert Browning (1812–1889) |
| | | KING CHARLES, and who ’ll do him right now? | |
| King Charles, and who ’s ripe for fight now? | |
| Give a rouse: here ’s, in hell’s despite now, | |
| King Charles! | |
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| Who gave me the goods that went since? | 5 |
| Who raised me the house that sank once? | |
| Who helped me to gold I spent since? | |
| Who found me in wine you drank once? | |
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(Chorus) King Charles, and who ’ll do him right now? | |
| King Charles, and who ’s ripe for fight now? | 10 |
| Give a rouse: here ’s, in hell’s despite now, | |
| King Charles! | |
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| To whom used my boy George quaff else, | |
| By the old fool’s side that begot him? | |
| For whom did he cheer and laugh else, | 15 |
| While Noll’s damned troopers shot him? | |
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(Chorus) King Charles, and who ’ll do him right now? | |
| King Charles, and who ’s ripe for fight now? | |
| Give a rouse: here ’s, in hell’s despite now, | |
| King Charles! | 20 | | | |
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