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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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The Premier, wearied by incessant strife
Of Opposition to his Public Life,
Resigns,—Dundas and Grenville too,
Windham and Spencer bid adieu

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To all the pomp and circumstance of pow'r;
While Addington essays the sweet and sour
Of Grandeur's careful, transitory hour.