The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams ... From the Originals in the Possession of His Grandson The Right Hon. The Earl of Essex and Others: With Notes by Horace Walpole ... In Three Volumes, with Portraits |
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A Poetical Epistle,
FROM A GREAT MAN IN THE ARMY,
AFTER THE
BATTLE OF DETTINGEN. |
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A Poetical Epistle, FROM A GREAT MAN IN THE ARMY, AFTER THE BATTLE OF DETTINGEN.
THE King, save his Grace,
Is in very good case,
Tho' scorch'd by the heat of the fire;
For all the long day,
He heard the guns play,
But would never—no never—retire.
Is in very good case,
Tho' scorch'd by the heat of the fire;
For all the long day,
He heard the guns play,
But would never—no never—retire.
His highness the Duke,
Whose leg a ball took,
But did no great harm to the calf;
Is so frolic and cheary,
So pleasant and airy,
The youngster doth nothing but laugh.
Whose leg a ball took,
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Is so frolic and cheary,
So pleasant and airy,
The youngster doth nothing but laugh.
So many fine clothes,
We've got from French beaus,
That I've chang'd my blue coat for a better;
From a cottage wrote I,
With Neiperg close by,
And “Bumper, 'squire Jones” in my letter.
For of the late fight,
In faith I can't write,
Because I know nought of the matter:
But in one or two days,
I'll find out some ways,
To make of it a damnable clatter.
We've got from French beaus,
That I've chang'd my blue coat for a better;
From a cottage wrote I,
With Neiperg close by,
And “Bumper, 'squire Jones” in my letter.
For of the late fight,
In faith I can't write,
Because I know nought of the matter:
But in one or two days,
I'll find out some ways,
To make of it a damnable clatter.
P.S. But stay, my good Lord,
By your leave, a small word,
Of the guns which we brought from Hanover;
Without their assistance,
What's English resistance?
With us, before God, 'twas all over.
By your leave, a small word,
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Without their assistance,
What's English resistance?
With us, before God, 'twas all over.
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