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XXI.—ANOTHER.
[Quoth sir Robert, “Our ribands, I find, are too few,—]
Quoth sir Robert, “Our ribands, I find, are too few,—Of St. Andrew's the green, and St. George's the blue.
I must find out a red one, a colour more gay,
That will tie up my subjects with pride to' obey.
Though the 'chequer may suffer by prodigal donors,
Yet the king's ne'er exhausted, that fountain of honours.”
| Poems on several occasions | |