Charles II of England in Coronation robes, by John Michael Wright
Sir Walter Scott
Bring the bowl which you boast,
     Fill it up to the brim;
’Tis to him we love most,
     And to all who love him.
Brave gallants, stand up,
     And avaunt ye, base carles!
Were there death in the cup,
     Here’s a health to King Charles.
 
Though he wanders through dangers,
     Unaided, unknown,
Dependent on strangers,
     Estranged from his own;
Though ’tis under our breath,
     Amidst forfeits and perils,
Here’s to honor and faith,
     And a health to King Charles!
 
Let such honors abound
     As the time can afford,
The knee on the ground,
     And the hand on the sword;
But the time shall come round
     When, 'mid Lords, Dukes, and Earls,
The loud trumpet shall sound,
     Here’s a health to King Charles!
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