Thursday, March 25, 2010

Windsor Poetics : Lines Composed On The Occasion Of His Royal Highness The Prince Regent Being Seen Standing Between The Coffins Of Henry Viii And Charles I, In The Royal Vault At Windsor Comments

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Famed for contemptuous breach of sacred ties,
By headless Charles see heartless Henry lies;
Between them stands another sceptred thing--
It moves, it reigns--in all but name, a king:
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George Gordon Byron
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Gone Away 25 March 2010

I don't think this would have made him very popular with the monarchy.....but so sharp and intelligent...perhaps it went over their inbred heads!

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