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BG.756.052
1 Nov 1756:13 (83)
From the Monitor, or British Freeholder, no. LII. (Publish'd
every Saturday in England.). . .
These are the words of Britons, who espouse no party but
that of their country; and would engage in no quarrel, where
the British honour and interest are not concerned.
Mahon is gone, and with it gone our trade!
Next farewel Liberty, celestial maid!
But whence this sudden gloom; this deep distress ?
Ah! that's the question; and 'twere some relief,
Cou'd we but reach the authors of our grief,
Wou'd lords and commons give to justice hand,
That base betrayers of this sinking land:
If not from naval chiefs our miser's come,
We've surely traitors near the helm at home.
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