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A Metrical History of England

Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, Of some of the most prominent Features in our National Chronology, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Commencement of the Regency, in 1812. In Two Volumes ... By Thomas Dibdin

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Since Time who subjects empires to decay,
And mingles palaces with cottage clay;
Since Time destroy'd the gloomy bigots trade,
And brought Nassau and Brunswick to our aid,
No day more big with glorious hope we own,
Than that which seated George on Britain's throne.