Worcester 1651
And there are those who love to tell
About that day at Boscobel
When Charles the Second’s Majestye
Found itself doubly ‘up a tree.’
And now we meet that quiet man
Known as the early Puritan;
Mild and placid in his talk,
Calm and measured in his walk.
Commonwealth 1649–1660
Oliver Cromwell bluff and bold,
Was cast in Nature’s sternest mould,
Lacking maybe the courtly grace
And proud of warts upon his face.
He fought the Irish and the Scotch
And with his navy beat the Dutch
Let all his faults condonéd be,
He kept us up on land and sea.
