A Song,
1696.
[Last Year in the Spring, the Life of the King]
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The attribution of this poem is questionable.
1
Last Year in the Spring, the Life of the King
Was intended by Assassination;
But now they'll pull down the Life of the Kingdom
By a cursed Capitation.
2
France and En---d combin'd, and were plainly join'd
Thus singly his Death to procure;
But En---d alone does to all the World own,
That none but her self shall undo her.
3
When a Nation submits to be govern'd by Chits,
If you look for wise Acts you're mistaken;
Since the P---t-House is rul'd by a Mouse,
Who the Devil can save his Bacon?
4
New Projects they advance, to serve as in France;
But can France have more equal, Sir?
If Affairs must be done, I think 'tis all one
Into what Lion's Paws we fall, Sir.
5
O J---s, were thy Party as wise as they're hearty,
And thou thy self fit to be trusted;
What a blessed Occasion is this Capitation
For matters to be adjusted?
6
But since thou art he whom we took thee to be,
Neither Age nor Experience has mended;
Let us look but once more to some foreign Shore
For a Prince that never offended.
