Streams from Helicon Or, Poems On Various Subjects. In Three Parts. By Alexander Pennecuik ... The Second Edition. Enter'd in Stationer's Hall |
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In Days of Yore, as ancient Bards do sing,
Trees met in Parliament to chuse a King,
Hereditary Right they quite forgot,
It seems, of Lethes Streams they drunk a Pot:
'Tis true, the Torry Trees gave no Consent,
But damn'd them for a Whiggish Parliament.
Trees met in Parliament to chuse a King,
Hereditary Right they quite forgot,
It seems, of Lethes Streams they drunk a Pot:
'Tis true, the Torry Trees gave no Consent,
But damn'd them for a Whiggish Parliament.
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