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Poems on Several Occasions

With some Select Essays in Prose. In Two Volumes. By John Hughes; Adorn'd with Sculptures

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BRITANNIA.

Recitative.

Great GEORGE! whose Azure Emblems of Renown
Are the fair Gifts of Britain's Crown,
Patron of my illustrious Isle!
Thou saw'st thy Order late exprest
With added Brightness on DEVONIO's Breast;
Meet the Companion Knight, and own him with a Smile.