John Byrom Quotes
1692–1763 England
John Byrom (29 February 1692 – 26 September 1763) was an English poet.
Also known as: Byrom
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God bless the King—I mean the faith's defender;
God bless (no harm in blessing) the pretender;
But who the pretender is, or who is King—
God bless us all—that's quite another thing.
From the Divine, Eternal Spirit springs
Order and Rule and Rectitude of Things,
Thro' outward Nature, His Apparent Throne,
Visibly seen, intelligibly known, —
Proofs of a Boundless Pow'r, a Wisdom's Aid,
By Goodness us'd, Eternal and Unmade.
With good and gentle humour'd hearts
I choose to chat where e'er I come;
Whate'er the subject be that starts;
But if I get among the glum,
I hold my tongue to tell the troth,
And keep my breath to cool my broth.
Some say, that Signor Bononcini,
Compared to Handel's a mere ninny;
Others aver, to him, that Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.
Strange! that such high dispute should be
'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.