The King

He that is To-Day a King To-Morrow shall die.

Ecclesiasticus x. 10.

To him who this Day Sceptres sways,
In costly Pride a King,
To-Morrow’s Light, with baleful Speed,
A direful Fate will bring:

For, him who rules o’er Nations rich,
And pow’rful Kingdoms guides,
When Death his Office bids him quit,
No better Fate betides.