 | The Poetical Works of the Ingenious and Learned William Meston |  |
Oh! Who would boast himself of royal birth?
Or seek t'enhance a spacious share of earth?
Who'd value crowns, or sceptres, wou'd desire,
Or prize the glaring splendour of empire?
When Sweden's glory, Europe's miracle,
Is fallen so cheap, when in his person fell
The King, the Captain, and the Centinel.
Or seek t'enhance a spacious share of earth?
Who'd value crowns, or sceptres, wou'd desire,
Or prize the glaring splendour of empire?
When Sweden's glory, Europe's miracle,
Is fallen so cheap, when in his person fell
The King, the Captain, and the Centinel.
| The Poetical Works of the Ingenious and Learned William Meston | |