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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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“With a mind unsubdued still the foe he defied
“On the steed which the Hero of Acre supplied,

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“Till, feeling he soon to fate's summons must yield,
“He gave Sydney the sword he no longer could wield.