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essentialsaltes) wrote2013-04-26 07:24 am
essentialsaltes) wrote2013-04-26 07:24 am
Imperialism in four lines
The faithless Cherokee obeys;
Rich Senegal her Tribute pays;
And Ganges' Tyrant shakes with Fear,
For Vengeance whispers, 'Clive is near.'
From an Ode in honor of George III, by J. Duncombe (in imitation of Horace)
(spotted in The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English)
Do what we say, give us what we want, or we will thump you.
Rich Senegal her Tribute pays;
And Ganges' Tyrant shakes with Fear,
For Vengeance whispers, 'Clive is near.'
From an Ode in honor of George III, by J. Duncombe (in imitation of Horace)
(spotted in The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English)
Do what we say, give us what we want, or we will thump you.