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I read this one years ago, said of King Charles II:

We have a pretty witty king, Whose word no man relies on, He never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.

Charles is reported to have said it was true, because his words were his own, but his actions were those of his ministers.

Many pages of poetry that would get a trigger warning today, but a handful of very good poems.