The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 1 / or a collection of speeches, letters, journals, etc. relative to the affairs of Prince Charles Edward Stuart

by Robert Forbes

12.

For oh! the woes, by Britons felt,

Had not aton'd for Britain's guilt.

So will'd offended Heav'n;

That yet a while th' usurping hand

With iron rod should rule the land,

The rod, for vengeance giv'n.

13. [fol. 396.]

But in its vengeance Heav'n is just,

And soon Britannia from the dust