The Poems and Miscellaneous Compositions of Paul Whitehead With Explanatory Notes on his Writings, and His life written by Captain Edward Thompson. With a Head of the Author, From a Painting by Mr. Gainsborough |
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On the Death of the truly Patriot Prince, Frederick; who died March 30, 1751, aged 43.
When
Jove, late revolving the state of mankind,
'Mong Britons no traces of Virtue could find;
O'er the island, indignant, he stretch'd forth his rod;
Earth trembled, and Ocean acknowledg'd the God.
'Mong Britons no traces of Virtue could find;
O'er the island, indignant, he stretch'd forth his rod;
Earth trembled, and Ocean acknowledg'd the God.
Still provok'd by our crimes, Heaven's vengeance to show,
Ammon, grasping his bolts, aim'd at Britain the blow;
But pausing—more dreadful, his wrath to evince,
Threw thunder aside, and sent Fate for the Prince.
Ammon, grasping his bolts, aim'd at Britain the blow;
But pausing—more dreadful, his wrath to evince,
Threw thunder aside, and sent Fate for the Prince.
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