History & Politics
Intended to allay the Violence of Party-Spirit
From Miscellaneous Poems (1773)
History & Politics
God bless the king, I mean the faith's defender;
God bless--(no harm in blessing)--the pretender;
But who pretender is, or who is king,
God bless us all--that's quite another thing.
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MLA
Byrom, John. “Intended to allay the Violence of Party-Spirit.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byrom/3/.
Chicago
Byrom, John. “Intended to allay the Violence of Party-Spirit.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byrom/3/.
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