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BG.760.008
21 Jan 1760:23 (251)
The following ode was published in England some years since.
It was occasioned by the abdication of K. James IId, and the
acceptation of the Prince of Orange (K. William IIId.) to
the British Throne: For which reason it is called the
Revolution Ode. . . [about 25 lines]
The Revolution Ode is as follows:
When James, assuming Right from God,
Enslav'd this free-born nation
His Scepter was an iron rod,
His reign a visitation.
. . . [6 eight-line stanzas in all, each with chorus:]
Chorus;
Then let us sing whilst ecchoes ring
The glorious revolution;
Your voices raise to William's praise
Who sav'd our constitution.
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