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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3847 John Byrom 1691-1763 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3847
AUTHOR:John Byrom (1691–1763)
QUOTATION:God bless the King,—I mean the faith’s defender!
God bless—no harm in blessing—the Pretender!
But who pretender is, or who is king,—
God bless us all!—that ’s quite another thing.
ATTRIBUTION:To an Officer of the Army, extempore.