England and Napoleon (1801-1815). Various

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       To anticipate the scene;

       And her van the fleeter rushed

       O’er the deadly space between.

       “Hearts of oak!” our captains cried; when each gun

       From its adamantine lips

       Spread a death-shade round the ships,

       Like the hurricane eclipse

       Of the sun.

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      Again! again! again!

       And the havoc did not slack,

       Till a feeble cheer the Dane

       To our cheering sent us back;—

       Their shots along the deep slowly boom:

       Then cease—and all is wail,

       As they strike the shattered sail;

       Or in conflagration pale

       Light the gloom.

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      Out spoke the victor then,

       As he hailed them o’er the wave,

       “Ye are brothers! ye are men!

       And we conquer but to save!

       So peace, instead of death, let us bring;

       But yield, proud foe, thy fleet

       With the crews, at England’s feet,

       And make submission meet

       To our King.”

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      Then Denmark blessed our chief,

       That he gave her wounds repose;

       And the sounds of joy and grief

       From her people wildly rose,

       As death withdrew his shades from the day:

       While the sun looked smiling bright

       O’er a wide and woful sight,

       Where the fires of funeral light

       Died away.

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      Now joy, Old England, raise

       For the tidings of thy might,

       By the festal cities’ blaze,

       Whilst the wine-cup shines in light;

       And yet amidst that joy and uproar,

       Let us think of them that sleep

       Full many a fathom deep

       By thy wild and stormy steep,

       Elsinore!

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      Brave hearts! to Britain’s pride

       Once so faithful and so true,

       On the deck of fame that died

       With the gallant good Riou!

       Soft sigh the winds of Heaven o’er their grave!

       While the billow mournful rolls

       And the mermaid’s song condoles,

       Singing glory to the souls

       Of the brave!

IRELAND IN 1801.

       Source.—Diary of Lord Colchester, 1861. Vol. i., p. 286.

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      Minutes of Proceedings in Ireland from July to Dec. 1801; and Outlines of Irish Business for 1802, reported and read over to Mr. Addington, Feb. 1802.

      Irish Affairs, Jan. 1802.

      I. Their present state, including a detailed Account of the Government Transactions there during the last Six Months.

      II. Outline of the Public Business of Ireland for the Year 1802.

I. THE GOVERNMENT.

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      1. Lord-Lieutenant.—Unsettled powers; question whether a Lord-Lieutenant from England, administering the protection and patronage of the Crown subordinately to the King’s Ministers—or a Government by Lords Justices setting up for themselves, and tyrannising over their countrymen—or endeavour to govern Ireland entirely by a Secretary of State at Whitehall.

      N.B.—No communication has been made to Lord Hardwicke in answer to the paper transmitted by him to Lord Pelham, containing remarks upon Lord Pelham’s proposition.

      2. Chief Secretary.—Unsettled emoluments of the Office in Ireland. Unsettled footing of the Irish Office in London.

      Query.—Suppress its establishment as an Office accredited with the Secretary of State for the Home Department; and as hitherto employed for soliciting Civil Patents and Military Commissions in the place of the old office of Resident Secretary (Fremantle and Jenkinson). And transfer the agency and fees of the business to the Secretary of State’s Office; leaving no establishment in London for the Chief Secretary to transact his business, except what assistance he may personally obtain for himself from Dublin Castle, etc.

      N.B.—The salary and fees of this Office upon Peace Establishments, viz. about 5,000l. British, are СКАЧАТЬ