...Charles II is famous for its mockery, — Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on : Who never said a foolish thing Nor ever did a wise one. But the Earl of Dorset's introductory lines to some verses written during the Dutch War in 1665 find a...

...Rochester, pinned on the door of his bedchamber : Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. The next twenty years are of such disgrace and national weakness that the historian hesitates to write...

...ever sure. — Psalm cxxxvi, John Milton. (2) Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on : Who never said a foolish thing Nor ever did a wise one. — Epigram 1 on Charles II, Eochester (3) Till said to Tweed : Though ye rin wi' speed, And I rin...

...periods of exile he revenged himself by writing his well-known lines: "Here lies a mighty monarch, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one," and fastening them to the gate at Whitehall. When the king heard of it he is said to have replied:...

...periods of exile he revenged himself by writing his well-known lines : "Here lies a mighty monarch, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one," and fastening them to the gate at Whitehall. When the king heard of it he is said to havo replied:...

...State." 1 One recalls the lines on King James: — "Here lies his Majesty the king Whose word no man relies on; Who never said a foolish thing Nor ever did a wise one." Loyalty to a cause. The history of the abolition of slavery in the United States affords numberless...

...Coleridge [1772-1834] EPITAPH ON CHARLES II HERE lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. John Wilmot [1647-1680] CERTAIN MAXIMS OF HAFIZ i Ir It be pleasant to look on, stalled in the packed...

...else shall we explain his tolerance of Rochester's epigrammatic epitaph? Here lies a Great and Mighty King Whose Promise none relies on, Who never said a Foolish Thing Nor ever did a Wise One. At times, as in The Commons Petition to King Charles II, Rochester's wit must have been of welcome...

...HAP; NAEL-1; NOBL; OBSV; PoEL-3; PPP; WeW Impromptu on Charles II 4 God bless our good and gracious or neither do the Spirits damn'd Loose all thir vertue; lest bad men should boast Thir speci (1. 1 —4) FaBoEE; NBLV; NOBL; OBSV Love a woman! y'are an ass 5 Farewell, woman! I intend Henceforth...

...Centuries that ignored the skill of Rochester's love lyrics remembered his "Impromptu" on Charles II, "Who never said a foolish thing, / Nor ever did a wise one." Jonathan Swift, who practiced Hudibrastic rhyme in Butlerian couplets, could imitate if not rival his...