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RNYG.783.005
15 Jan 1783:23 (658)
MODERN CHARACTERS FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS.
His Majesty.
Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them: Nought shall make us rue,
If England to itself do rest but true.
England.
With fiercest hurricanes assault in vain,
Withstand the driving tempest of their fury,
For who shall shake our martial glory from us?
You puny Gauls? They ne'er have done it yet,
Nor shall they now.--Oh, never will we wrong
So far ourselves and our renown'd forefathers;
. . . [7 more lines of England's verse; other verses are
by: Lord Shelburne - 3 lines; Lord North - 2 lines; The
Lord Chancellor Thurlow - 4 lines; Thomas Pitt, Esq; -5
lines; Mr. William Pitt. - 6 lines; General Elliott. - 7
lines; Lord Rodney. - 7 lines; Lord Howe -4 lines.]
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