England and other countries do annoy;
The first is felt, alas! not seen nor heard;
The next seen, heard, and felt; but oh! the third!
Ferocious nature could no fiercer grow,
Joined midge and gnat to make the mosquito.
Mordecai.
Three nations’ emblems in one posy twined—
Shamrock and thistle with the rose combined!
One humour hath, one shrewdness for her dower;