A Model for the Laureate Lyrics

On thrones from China to Peru

All sorts of kings have sat

That men and women of all sorts

Proclaimed both good and great

And what's the odds if such as these

For reason of the State

Should keep their lovers waiting

Keep their lovers waiting?

Some boast of beggar-kings and kings

Of rascals black and white

That rule because a strong right arm

Puts all men in a fright

And drunk or sober live at ease

Where none gainsay their right

And keep their lovers waiting

Keep their lovers waiting

The Muse is mute when public men

Applaud a modern throne

Those cheers that can be bought or sold

That office fools have run

That waxen seal, that signature

For things like these what decent man

Would keep his lover waiting

Keep his lover waiting?