Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin / Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.

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And twined the wreath round Buonaparte’s brow.

Quick with new lights, fresh hopes, and altered zeal,

The slaves of despots dropp’d the blunted steel:

Exulting Victory owned her favourite child,

And freed Liguria clapp’d her hands, and smiled.

Nor long the time ere Britain’s shores shall greet

The warrior-sage, with gratulation sweet:

Eager to grasp the wreath of naval fame,

The Great Republic plans the Floating Frame!

O’er the huge plane gigantic Terror stalks,