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On The Inauguration Of The Coronation Stone, Kingston-On-Thames, September 19, 1850.
ON THE INAUGURATION OF THE CORONATION STONE , KINGSTON-ON-THAMES , SEPTEMBER 19 , 1850 .
BY EDWARD PHILLIPS . " THE GOOD OLD TIHES . " THE good old times , some people say , Were in the ages past *
Come listen to this roundelay , You'll hear the truth at last . The good old times ! they could not be When George the Third was King ; Though conquest followed victory , As on the whirlwind ' s wing .
When continents and dynasties Were added to his sway , Till from its mighty boundaries No sun withdrew his ray .
Nor when King William and his Queen , Came o ' er the German sea ; Aud much preferr'd the Thames I ween , To the rolling Zuyder Zee . Though surely they were halcyon days In cottagehalland tower ;
, , For William planted all the maze , * And Mary made the bower , Nor when majestic Anne assum'd The sceptre she eordd wield , And glory won with warrior ' s plumed , On Blenheim's battle-field .
Nor were they when Elizabeth , The virgin Queen arose : AVhose slightest frown and gentlest breath Struck terror to her foes . But there were bright and brilliant hours In conflict and in calm ; On ocean foam—' mid myrtle bowers , She bore away the palm .
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On The Inauguration Of The Coronation Stone, Kingston-On-Thames, September 19, 1850.
ON THE INAUGURATION OF THE CORONATION STONE , KINGSTON-ON-THAMES , SEPTEMBER 19 , 1850 .
BY EDWARD PHILLIPS . " THE GOOD OLD TIHES . " THE good old times , some people say , Were in the ages past *
Come listen to this roundelay , You'll hear the truth at last . The good old times ! they could not be When George the Third was King ; Though conquest followed victory , As on the whirlwind ' s wing .
When continents and dynasties Were added to his sway , Till from its mighty boundaries No sun withdrew his ray .
Nor when King William and his Queen , Came o ' er the German sea ; Aud much preferr'd the Thames I ween , To the rolling Zuyder Zee . Though surely they were halcyon days In cottagehalland tower ;
, , For William planted all the maze , * And Mary made the bower , Nor when majestic Anne assum'd The sceptre she eordd wield , And glory won with warrior ' s plumed , On Blenheim's battle-field .
Nor were they when Elizabeth , The virgin Queen arose : AVhose slightest frown and gentlest breath Struck terror to her foes . But there were bright and brilliant hours In conflict and in calm ; On ocean foam—' mid myrtle bowers , She bore away the palm .