Epitaph on Charles II. – Poem by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647–1680)

Poem 47 in my 100 days of poetry series

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.

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