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The political dramatist, in November, 1795

A Poem [by T. J. Mathias]

Mathias, Thomas James (1754?-1835)

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THE POLITICAL DRAMATIST.

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But all dwelt deeply on that fatal day,
When sacrilege and murder throng'd the way,

When all, in their insulted Monarch's cause,
Rose, as one man, to vindicate the laws,
And felt the hour. The royal temple shook;
No heart of adamant unmov'd could look,
When ruffians dar'd invade with maniac force
The life o'th' building!!!—
While Beaufort's disappointed mansion mourn'd
And Copenhagen bloodier sighs return'd.

October 29, 1795. When his Majesty, in passing to and from the Parliament House, was grossly, daringly, and most wickedly attacked, and in personal danger of his life. See the Reports of Parliament on the Subject.

Beaufort's Buildings in the Strand, and Copenhagen House, at Islington, two chief and noted resorts of the turbulent and desperate Anarchists of the time.