The Age Reviewed A Satire: In two parts: Second edition, revised and corrected [by Robert Montgomery] |
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Oh! say, what patriot can regretless see
Britannia—once the world's divinity!
Resign the vigour of her native host,
And ape the vices of an alien coast?
Relaxed in manner and debased in form,
Where once we fronted, now we sneak to charm;
A herd of sycophants from cot to crown,
We hire the smile, and bribe away the frown.
Britannia—once the world's divinity!
Resign the vigour of her native host,
And ape the vices of an alien coast?
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Where once we fronted, now we sneak to charm;
A herd of sycophants from cot to crown,
We hire the smile, and bribe away the frown.
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