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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Britain, beware; nor let th’ insidious foe,

Of force despairing, aim a deadlier blow;

Thy Peace, thy Strength, with devilish wiles assail,

And when her Arms are vain, by Arts prevail.

True, thou art rich, art powerful!—thro’ thine Isle

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Industrious skill, contented labour, smile;

Far Seas are studded with thy countless sails;

What wind but wafts them, and what shore but hails!