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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In seventeen hundred, sixty three,
The belligerents all agree:
And, peace once signed between those elves,
We 'gin to quarrel—with ourselves;
Great discontents are kept alive
By “Wilkes! and Number Forty Five!”
Long Wilkes disputes the hand of pow'r,
Which gives him lodgings in the Tower;
Fights, travels, writes, and treats the nation,
No doubt, with great illumination.
The belligerents all agree:
And, peace once signed between those elves,
We 'gin to quarrel—with ourselves;
Great discontents are kept alive
By “Wilkes! and Number Forty Five!”
Long Wilkes disputes the hand of pow'r,
Which gives him lodgings in the Tower;
Fights, travels, writes, and treats the nation,
No doubt, with great illumination.
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