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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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Pass we the horrors of thy princes slain,
Pass we where lovely woman falls unspared;

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Pass we where brutes o'er heroism reign,
While red-eyed Revolution wildly glared.
My Muse disclaims each deed of crime or glory,
But what alone relates to British story.