I sing the Georges Four
For Providence could stand no more.
Some say that far the worst
Of all was George the First.
But yet, by some 'tis reckoned
That worse still was George the Second.
And what mortal ever heard
Any good of George the Third?
When George the Fourth from Earth descended
Thank God the line of Georges ended.
- Walter Savage Landor
(who was not a fan of monarchy at the best of times, and this wasn't the best of times)
(There are other versions of this doggerel, but I prefer this one)
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