UNLUCKY “SECONDS.”
Some curious facts on which we’d not reckoned Are .found in the hist’ry of “The Second !” In Great. Britain, the last of the Saxon Kings Was Harold “The Second” who fell at Hastings ! King Kdward “The Second” was murdered in gaol, By a trick of his wife—and—so runs the. tale — King Richard “The Second” was, sad to relate, The victim, likewise, of a similar fate ! King William “The Second” was also cut down, While James “The Second” lost Kingdom and Crown ! Charles “The Second” his brother was f''lo de so, For he killed himself by Iris debauchery ! Alexander “The Second” of Russia was blow n To atoms by Nihilist bombs, be it known ! Bavaria’s Louis “The Second” was drowned, Napoleon “The Second" dethroned and uncrowned. Charles “The Second” of France was strangled, they tell, James “The Second” of Scotland, on the battlefield fell! C/.ar Nicholas “The Second” Iris kingdom has lo.it, Like A Hamid “The Second” he’s counting the cost ! King Manuel “The Second” is deprived of his throne, And, Kaiser Wilhelm “The Second” will soon “get his own !”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1389, 22 November 1918, Page 7
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181UNLUCKY “SECONDS.” Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1389, 22 November 1918, Page 7
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