The Poetry of Real Life A New Edition, Much Enlarged and Improved. By Henry Ellison |
ON PEACE BEWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. |
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ON PEACE BEWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
Oh England, to thy daughter of the seaStretch out thine hand, in pledge of faith renewed,
And let the great Sea, which doth both include,
Between ye natural mediator be,
To bring ye still together, on the plea
Of mutual welfare and similitude
Of blood and manners: linking ye, through good
And evil, like two sisters fair and free!
He hath a missionry of love between
Ye still to execute, his daughters twain:
To make ye greater than ye yet have been,
And give ye conjoint empire o'er the main—
For Peace divine he brings still in his train,
And Freedom ever at his side is seen!
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