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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The Shop-tax for a while disturbs the town,
'Till he who plann'd it, wisely laid it down.
Commercial plans with France and Spain we sign,
On base of reciprocity,
And faith and friendship mutually combine,
'Gainst future animosity.
When, suddenly, a frantic maniac's hand,
Masking in suppliant guise th' insidious knife,
Had nearly plunged in mourning all the land,
By sacrifice of our lov'd parent's life.
Nor know her wand'ring senses to this hour,
What parricidal guilt her hands had dyed;
Had not kind heaven interposed it's pow'r,
And turn'd the murd'rous implement aside.
While thanks for George's preservation rise,
Amelia, his royal sister, dies.
'Till he who plann'd it, wisely laid it down.
Commercial plans with France and Spain we sign,
On base of reciprocity,
And faith and friendship mutually combine,
'Gainst future animosity.
When, suddenly, a frantic maniac's hand,
Masking in suppliant guise th' insidious knife,
Had nearly plunged in mourning all the land,
By sacrifice of our lov'd parent's life.
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What parricidal guilt her hands had dyed;
Had not kind heaven interposed it's pow'r,
And turn'd the murd'rous implement aside.
While thanks for George's preservation rise,
Amelia, his royal sister, dies.
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