With subtle speculations, haply vain,
But surely less so than your far-fetched themes!
ON THE DEATH OF HIS MAJESTY (GEORGE THE THIRD)[396]
Composed 1820.—Published 1820
One of the "Miscellaneous Sonnets."—Ed.
Ward of the Law!—dread Shadow of a King!
Whose realm had dwindled to one stately room;
Whose universe was gloom immersed in gloom,