Lord Byron - The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7 (On A Royal Visit To The Vaults) lyrics

On A Royal Visit To The Vaults [or Cæsar's Discovery of C. I. AND H. 8. in ye same Vault.] Famed for their civil and domestic quarrels See heartless Henry lies by headless Charles; Between them stands another sceptred thing, It lives, it reigns—"aye, every inch a king." Charles to his people, Henry to his wife, In him the double tyrant starts to life: Justice and d**h have mixed their dust in vain. The royal Vampires join and rise again. What now can tombs avail, since these disgorge The blood and dirt of both to mould a George!