King David and King Solomon
Led merry merry lives,
With many, many lady friends,
And many many wives;
But when old age crept over them —
With many, many qualms! —
King Solomon wrote the Proverbs
And King David wrote the Psalms.James Ball Naylor (1860–1945) American physician, writer, poet, politician
“King David and King Solomon” (1935)
This may have been derived from a poem in one of Joseph Haydn’s notebooks; see discussion at http://alt.usage.english.narkive.com/I00fU8lp/the-original-of-a-poem.
@Hugh – Or possibly vice-versa. Very interesting discussion there.