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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This year, to tell it's worth our while,
Keppel and Hodgson took Belleisle;
While indefatigable Clive,
Kept Indian interest quite alive.
The Commons well convinced they must
A Speaker chuse, chose Sir John Cust!
And, reader, the next thing they do,
Proved all that Pitt foreboded true;
For war with Spain, to trade's derangement,
Succeeds the “Family arrangement.”
Pocock and Albermarle now raise
Our honor far beyond my praise;
Nor dare I waste my ink and paper
With strains unworthy gallant Draper;
Who, join'd with all victorious Cornish,
Made Spanish leaders look forlornish.
Next to compleat our exultation,
In Charlotte's first-born England sees
The hope of a delighted nation;
A Prince now fortuned to sustain,
With much of care and little ease,
The pressure of a troublous reign,
In times when he who all can please
(While war and taxes thus exhaust us,)
Must be “the Devil or Doctor Faustus!”
Keppel and Hodgson took Belleisle;
While indefatigable Clive,
Kept Indian interest quite alive.
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A Speaker chuse, chose Sir John Cust!
And, reader, the next thing they do,
Proved all that Pitt foreboded true;
For war with Spain, to trade's derangement,
Succeeds the “Family arrangement.”
Pocock and Albermarle now raise
Our honor far beyond my praise;
Nor dare I waste my ink and paper
With strains unworthy gallant Draper;
Who, join'd with all victorious Cornish,
Made Spanish leaders look forlornish.
Next to compleat our exultation,
In Charlotte's first-born England sees
The hope of a delighted nation;
A Prince now fortuned to sustain,
With much of care and little ease,
The pressure of a troublous reign,
In times when he who all can please
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Must be “the Devil or Doctor Faustus!”
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