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RAG.781.025
24 Jul 1781:12,13 (7/393)
Poems, etc. by the late Thomas Lord Lyttleton. (Continued
from our last.)
THE STATE OF ENGLAND, In the year 2199.
And now thro' broken paths and rugged ways,
Uncultivated regions, we advanc'd
Tow'rds fam'd Augusta's towers, on the Thames
(Whose clear broad stream glides smoothly thro' the vale)
Embank'd; and, stretching o'er the level plain,
For many a mile her gilded spires were seen,
While Britain yet was free.--Alas, how chang'd!
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This is the last advice I can them give:
If well observ'd, they still may happy live;
And then with cheerful voice Hosannas sing,
Cheer wives and children, and hail great George, their King.
March 21, 1771
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