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NYGWPB.762.029
18 Feb 1762:22 (998)
The pieces that have been published for and against Mr.
Pitt, on his late resignation would fill a volume, . . . [3
lines of introduction] Among the poetical essays are the
following.
THE FRIEND OF ENGLAND.
Say, when Pitt's virtue bad him quit the seal,
Did he not glow with warmth for Britain's weal,
O'er born by number, and opposs'd by art,
Did he not act the steady patriot's part,
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TO HIS COUNTRYMEN. ON A LATE RESIGNATION.
Well, well, my good countrymen!...pr'y-ye don't fret
Because your dear P--tt is gone out in a pet.
He has told ye his reasons...sufficient to vex him...
Nay, horrid, provoking!...enough to unsex him,
. . . [28 more lines]
ON A LATE RESIGNATION.
When first, portentous, it was known,
Great George had jostled from his crown
The brightest diamond there;
The omen-mongers, one and all,
Foretell some mischief must befall,
Some loss beyond compare.
. . . [6 more lines, signed] Middlemam.
VERSES OCCASIONED BY A LATE RESIGNATION..
Where are the fleets of France? All cover'd o'er
With whelming waves, or in our Monarch's pow'r,
Where are her forts in either Indian world?
Lo! on their walls our victor-flag unfurl'd.
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