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What boots alas the boasted power of kings

DMI number:
38592
First Line:
What boots alas the boasted power of kings
Last Line:
I guard the laws whilst George the sceptre bears
Poem Genre / Form:
Quatrain abab and Elegy
Themes:
Death and The monarchy (heads of state)
Content/Publication
Title:
Academiae Cantabrigiensis luctus in obitum augustissimi regis Georgii II [T148538]
Page No(s):
Sig.Tr-T2r
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
S. Cooper, B. A. Fellow of Magdalen College.
Attributed To:
Samuel Cooper