With invigorating pace and rhythm,British history is presented as a vivid mix of tragedy and triumphII.1 (Strophe)Weave the warp, and weave the woof, or The winding-sheet of Edward’s race.
Give ample room,and verge enoughThe characters of hell to trace.price the year, and price the night, and When Severn shall re-eccho with affrightThe shrieks of death,thro’ Berkley’s roofs that ring,Shrieks of an agonizing King!She-Wolf of France, or with unrelenting fangs,That tear’st the bowels of thy mangled Mate,From thee be born, or who o’er thy country hangsThe scourge of Heav’n. What Terrors round him wait!Amazement in his van,with Flight combined,And Sorrow’s faded form, and Solitude behind.
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