So fierce and funny in the ranks,
That Saladin and Soldan said,
Where’er that mad-cap Richard led,
Alla! he held his breath for dread,
And burst his sides for laughing!
At court, the humor of a king
Is always voted “quite the thing;”
Morals and cloaks are loose or laced
According to the sovereign’s taste,
And belles and bouquets both are dressed