ANNE. "Henceforth, she said, in each returning year, "One stem the Thistle and the Rose shall bear; "The Thistle's lasting grace, thou, O my Rose, shall be, "The warlike Thistle's arm a sure defence to thee." "Great ANNA claims the song, no brighter name "Adorns the list of never-dying fame; "No fairer soul was ever form'd above; "None e'er was more the grateful nation's love, "Nor lov'd the nation more." ROWE. PARNELL. "Ye active streams! where'er your waters flow, "Let distant climes and furthest nations know "What ye from Thames and Danube have been taught "How ANNE commanded, and how MARLBRO' fought." "Next to the Thunderer let ANNA stand, "In piety supreme as in command; PRIOR, "Famed for victorious arms and generous aid, "Young Austria's refuge, and fierce Bourbon's dread. LANSDOWN, "A LADY lived in former days, "That well deserv'd the utmost praise; "For greatness, birth, and justice famed, "And every virtue could be named." So of the QUEEN sung Doctor KING, Her praises soar; while, to speak her due, King WILLIAM's plan of continental war, Bright MARLBRO' rose, whose very name Victorious still his banners flew, And on his helm spontaneous laurels grew; With principality; while CHURCHILL'S brow And hail desert with genuine honor crown'd. He thrash'd the French with skill and ease; At Oud'nard and Malplaquet beat 'em, And in each place he chanced to meet 'em. Or Or MILDENHEIM or MARLBRO' call'd, Or LUSITANIAN honors raised; Great TORRES VEDRAS thy paternal throne, And proudly calls a WELLINGTON it's own! "Come gi's a sang, the lady cried, Wou'd not agree, and fierce began Their quarrels in the reign of ANNE, * Scotch Ballad. Tho' THO' of their origin we have some doubts, The WHIGS for greater freedom of opinion: Nor, for the former's sake, engage Whether they right or wrong have been An honest course 'twixt either side. North and South Britain now become one land, And UNION join each Scotch and English hand. Hail CALEDONIA! sister true, Long may thine ABERCROMBIES, good as brave, Long may thy DUNCANS teach that foe to sue Who envious of ERIN, us, and you, VOL. II. M Dispu Dispute our triple right to rule the wave. And JAMES the THIRD deserts his self-named right. Mourn'd, lov'd, esteem'd, the "royal Dane,"t Our sov'reign's consort, pays great nature's debt, The heaviest sorrow of a well-spent reign, Was ANNE's keen, unaffected, deep regret. Now sateless war, with fire terrific, rages; And GUISCARD, now, a Gallic wight, engages To snatch by dire assasination Great HARLEY's life; due execration Attends his well-prevented plan, And, victim of his treason, falls the man. • Sir George Byng. † George, Prince of Denmark. Th |