The Shamrock or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte] |
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Now, the angry Lord of WarWings the Thunder of his Car;
Darting quick, at his Command,
Stern Devastation shakes each guilty Land;
All his red-hot Fury hurl'd
Flames throughout the Western World;
Then, amid' the Storms of Fate,
Frederick rose supremely great;
Then, pour'd he all the Virtues of his Mind,
And all the Hero with the patriot Monarch join'd.
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Witness, all ye Streams that flowThrough Germania's every Vale,
Oft you 've heard the Shrieks of Woe
Swell each horror-wafting Gale:
Billow'd oft with Austrian Blood,
Hast thou, O Albis, urg'd thy purple Way,
When Dresden's Towers, incumbent o'er thy Flood,
Though strength-encircled, own'd the Victor's Sway:
In vain, unnumber'd Foes
His rapid Speed oppose,
Vain, differing Interests combin'd,
Vain, with Nations Nations join'd;
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The Locusts spread their dark-embody'd Train,
Before the heaven-sent Wind then plunge into the Main.
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From ice-built Hills, and frozen Plains, afar,Wide Russia spreads her congregated Host;
And Suevia sends her hardy Sons to War,
Erst lov'd of Mars, and stern Bellona's Boast:
From Vales, where tepid Breezes play,
Enliven'd by the solar Ray,
Fir'd by the Thirst of Sway, and wide Command,
Gallia by Myriads pours each warlike Band:
Where the fierce Danube whirls his Course,
And rolls through various Realms his headlong Force,
Impetuous as his Waves, th'embattled Throng
Urge the rough Tide of raging War along:
Behold ill-omen'd Grief, and pale Despair,
Perch'd on their Standards, fan the darken'd Air,
While Victory new-plumes her glistening Wing,
And, as at Rosbach's Plain, salutes her favourite King.
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