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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

Dibdin, Thomas (1771-1841)

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“The standard of Britain by victory crown'd,
“Wav'd over that head which now sank to the ground!
“His comrades with grief unaffected deplore,
“While to Albion's renown he adds one laurel more.”

Vide T. Dibdin's Songs.