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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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Britannia's thunder to the echoing Sound,
Proclaims that Nelson leads to Danish ground;
His meteor train the northern foe appals,
And to their base shakes Copenhagen's walls.
Here Moss and Riou for their country bled,
And join'd in better worlds the patriot dead.
Denmark and Sweden now to peace attend,
And Paul's demise, of Russia makes a friend.
Saumarez adds to former gain
Of laurels, at expence of Spain.
 

Sir James Saumarez engaged a Spanish squadron, of superior force, with so much gallantry, that two three deckers of the enemy exploded during the action, and their other ships were so much shattered that it was with the greatest difficulty they escaped into Cadiz.