Commonwealth (continued)
HE seemed to like bold argument
And wordy wars with Parliament;
He made things lively we infer
Frequently at Westminster.
With M.P.s he had many a bout
And one day cleared the whole lot out;
Locked the door and took the key;
Those not the days of ‘Wait and See.’
Charles II. 1660–1685
CROMWELL’S death brings Restoration
And Charles Two lands ’mid acclamation.
After his leaps from twig to twig
He now has ‘Otium cum Dig.’
In merry Charles the Second’s age
Woman first acted on the stage;
The King encouraged much this vogue
He was a pleasure seeking rogue.
‘He never said a foolish thing,
Nor did a wise one’; this the King