Robert Browning's Poems and Plays 2 [antikvár]

DRAMATIC ROMANCES AND LYRICSCAVALIER TUNES.iI.MARCHING ALONG.i. Kentish Sir Byng stood for his King, Bidding the crop-headed ParHament swing: And, pressing a troop unable to stoop And see the rogues flourish and honest folk droop, Marched them along, fifty-score strong, Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song.ii.God for King Charles! Pym and such carlesTo the Devil that prompts 'em their treasonous paries!Cavaliers, up! Lips from the cup.Hands from the pasty, nor bite take nor supTill you're {Chorus) marching along, fifty-score strong,Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song.iii.Hampden to Hell, and his obsequies' knellServe Hazelrig, Fiennes, and young Harry as well! England, good cheer! Rupert is near! Kentish and loyalists, keep we not here{Cho) Marching along, fifty-score strong,Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song Iiv.Then, God for King Charles! Pym and his snarls To the Devil that pricks on such pestilent carles! Hold by the right, you double your might;So, onward to Nottingham, fresh for the fight,{Cho.) March we along, fifty-score strong.Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song /' Such Poems as the following come properly enough, I suppose, under the head of " Dramatic Pieces "; being, though for the most part Lyric in expression, always Dramatic in principle, and so many utterances of so many imaginary persons, not mine.3