All the talents' garland or, A few rockets let off at a celebrated ministry. Including Elijah's mantle, the Uti Possidetis, and other poems of the same author. By eminent political characters. The third edition, greatly enlarged [by E. A. Barrett] |
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ON SOME LATE POLITICAL EVENTS.
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ON SOME LATE POLITICAL EVENTS.
BY A HANTS FREEHOLDER.
When lour'd the dark cloud over England's domain,
And the tyrant had threaten'd t'extinguish her reign,
Fierce howl'd the loud blast round her sea-bulwark'd shore,
She heard—but she smil'd at its impotent roar.
And the tyrant had threaten'd t'extinguish her reign,
Fierce howl'd the loud blast round her sea-bulwark'd shore,
She heard—but she smil'd at its impotent roar.
And still while integrity guarded the land,
Freedom firmly in Albion took her last stand;
Her children ne'er heeded the voice of alarm,
Secure in “the Pilot who weather'd the storm.”
Freedom firmly in Albion took her last stand;
Her children ne'er heeded the voice of alarm,
Secure in “the Pilot who weather'd the storm.”
But when Death had remorselessly ta'en from the helm,
Him, the man! and destroy'd the best hopes of the realm,
Again rose the dæmon who rides in the blast,
With hope for the future, tho' balk'd in the past.
Him, the man! and destroy'd the best hopes of the realm,
Again rose the dæmon who rides in the blast,
With hope for the future, tho' balk'd in the past.
Then a party appear'd, caught the helm in despair,
And places and pensions alone seiz'd with care;
As discordant in measures as diff'rent in face,
They only agreed—to assume each his place:
And places and pensions alone seiz'd with care;
As discordant in measures as diff'rent in face,
They only agreed—to assume each his place:
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Sought to trample on Hampshire's and Norfolk's best right,
And their tools to return, in fair Freedom's despight;
While e'en those near related to Pitt's honour'd shade,
Exult in, and urge the attempt to be made.
And their tools to return, in fair Freedom's despight;
While e'en those near related to Pitt's honour'd shade,
Exult in, and urge the attempt to be made.
Tho' black be the fog which may threaten the day,
Beyond its dominion is seen the sun's ray;
Still Freedom surmounts its effects as she flies;
She rises triumphant, and soars to the skies.
Beyond its dominion is seen the sun's ray;
Still Freedom surmounts its effects as she flies;
She rises triumphant, and soars to the skies.
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