Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral | ||
A REBUS, by I. B.
I.
A BIRD delicious to the taste,On which an army once did feast,
Sent by an hand unseen;
A creature of the horned race,
Which Britain's royal standards grace;
A gem of vivid green;
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II.
A town of gaiety and sport,Where beaux and beauteous nymphs resort,
And gallantry doth reign;
A Dardan hero fam'd of old
For youth and beauty, as we're told,
And by a monarch slain;
III.
A peer of popular applause,Who doth our violated laws,
And grievances proclaim.
Th' initials show a vanquish'd town,
That adds fresh glory and renown
To old Britannia's fame.
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral | ||