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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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A caution, meant to save from future harm,
Involves the nation in no small alarm,

1797.


Which spreads with light'nings speed from rank to rank,
When guineas ceas'd to issue from the Bank;
External and internal enemies
Have subsequently prov'd the measure wise.