["Her Majesty's Government are about to entrust to one of our
first sculptors a great historical statue, which has too
long been wanting to the series of those who have governed
England."--_Lord Rosebery at the Royal Academy Banquet._]
Our "Uncrowned King" at last to stand
'Midst the legitimate Lord's Anointed?
How will they shrink, that sacred band,
Dismayed, disgusted, disappointed!
The _parvenu_ Protector thrust
Amidst the true Porphyrogeniti?
How will it stir right royal dust!
The mutton-eating king's amenity
Were hardly proof against this slur.
WILLIAM the thief, RUFUS the bully,
The traitor JOHN, and JAMES the cur,--
Their royal purple how 'twill sully
To rub against the brewer's buff!
HARRY, old Mother Church's glory
Meet this Conventicler?--Enough!
The Butcher dimmed not England's story
But rather brightened her renown.
In camp and court it must be said,
And if he did not win a crown,
At least he never _lost his head!_
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Among Mr. LE GALLIENNE'S new poems there is one entitled _Tree
Worship_. It is _not_ dedicated to the lessee of the Haymarket Theatre
by "an Admirer."
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