Supposed to be written by William Smith O’Brien, during his solitary Abode in the Cellar of the House of Commons.
I am monarch of all I survey;
My right there is none to dispute;
From the break-fast time round to the tay,
I see neither Saxon nor brute.
O Solitude! where’s the atthractions,
That sages have seen in your face?
Better dwell in the midst of the Saxons,
Then reign in this horrible place.
I am out of humanity’s reach,