POETRY

OF THE

ANTI-JACOBI N.

FOURTH EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. WRIGHT, PICCADILLY,

BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW,

ST. JAMES's.

1801.

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CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTION

1

Inscription for the Apartment in Chepstow Castle, where Henry

Marten, the Regicide, was imprisoned thirty years

- 6

Inscription for the Door of the Cell in Newgate, where Mrs.

Brownrigg, the Prentice-cide, was confined previous to her exe-

cution

7

The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder

11

The Invasion; or, the British War Song

14

La Sainte Guillotine; a New Song, attempted from the French 17

The Soldier's Friend

21

23

25

Sonnet to Liberty

Quintessence of all the Dactylics that ever were, or ever will be

written

Latin Verses, written immediately after the Revolution of the Fourth

of September

Translation of the above

- 26

29

33

The Choice; imitated from “ the Battle of Sabla,” in Carlyle's

Specimens of Arabian Poetry

The Duke and the Taxing-Man

Epigram on the Paris Loan, called the Loan upon England

36

39

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Ode to Anarchy

40

Song, recommended to be sung at all convivial Meetings, convened

for the purpose of opposing the Assessed Tax Bill

43

Lines written at the close of the year 1797

46

Translation of the New Song of the “ Army of England”

49

To the Author of the “ Epistle to the Editors of the Anti-Jacobin” 53

Lines written under the Bust of Charles Fox at the Crown and Anchor 78

Lines written by a Traveller at Czarco-Zelo, under the Bust of a

certain Orator, once placed between those of Demosthenes and

The Progress of Man, continued

108

The Jacobin

115

The Loves of the Triangles. A Mathematical and Philosophical

Poem

123

The Loves of the Triangles, continued

132

Brissot's Ghost

140

The Loves of the Triangles, continued

144