Oh, never was mortal man so mad,—
Alack! alack, for the Gardener lad.”
When it was certain that George IV. could not recover, Leopold declined the honour of being King of Greece, upon which Barham wrote the following verse:—
“A King for Greece!—a King for Greece!
Wanted a Sovereign Prince for Greece!
For the recreant Knight
Hath broken his plight,
Some say from policy, some from fright,
Some say in hope to rule for his niece,
He hath refused to be King over Greece.”