Religion

Party Loyalty.+ (1780)

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Miscellaneous Hymns and Poems · Osborn ed., vol. 8 (1870)

Religion

The First and Second George were wise,
And understood a faction's price;
Little account of those they made
That from mere principle obey'd.
But purchased with an annual bribe
The votes of the Dissenting tribe;
Who served with flaming zeal and hearty
The heads of their own favourite party.

Why are they changed to George the Third.
And never give him a good word?
His rebels why do they embrace.
And spit in a mild monarch's face?
"Because he slights his father's friends,
And the three kingdoms comprehends,
" Predestination calmly Considered."
t " Calm Address to the Americans."
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All sects and parties reconciles,
Alike on Whig and Tory smiles;
Aims at impossibilities,
And studies all the world to please;
Because our pensions he withdraws;
And if he starve the good old cause.
And if he nothing more advance-
No longer pipe, no longer dance."

MLA

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