Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.
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Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.
English poetry; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Poetry; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820
“The brave Soldiers, who conferred Liberty on _Rome_, have continued
to deserve well of their Country. _Greece_ has joyfully received her
Deliverers. The Tree of Liberty is planted on the _Piræus_. Thirty
thousand Janizaries, the Slaves of Despotism, had taken possession
of the Isthmus of _Corinth_. Two Demi-brigades opened us a passage.
After ten days’ fighting, we have driven the _Turks_ from the
_Morea_. The _Peloponnesus_ is now free. Every step in my power has
been taken to revive the antient spirit of _Sparta_. The Inhabitants
of that celebrated City, seeing _black broth_ of my Troops, and the
scarcity of specie to which we have been long accustomed, will, I
doubt not, soon acquire the frugal virtues of their Ancestors. As a
proper measure of precaution, I have removed all PITT’S gold from
the Country.
“Off this Island we encountered the Fleet of the SULTAN. The
Mahometan Crescent soon fled before the three-coloured flag. Nine
Sail of the Line are the fruits of this Victory. The CAPTAIN PACHA’S
Ship, a second rate, struck to a National Corvette. My Aide-de-Camp
will present you with the model of a _Trireme_, which was found
among the Archives of _Athens_. Vessels of this description draw so
little water, that our Naval Architects may perhaps think them more
eligible than Rafts, for the conveyance of the _Army of England_.
Liberty will be sufficiently avenged, if the ruins of a Grecian City
furnish us with the means of transporting the Conquerors of _Rome_
to _Britain_.
“On landing at this Island, I participated in a Scene highly
interesting to Humanity. A poor Fisherman, of the family of
THEMISTOCLES, attended by his Wife, a descendant of the virtuous
PHRYNE, fell at my feet. I received him with the Fraternal embrace,
and promised him the protection of the Republic. He invited me to
supper at his Hut, and in gratitude to his Deliverer presented me
with a memorable _Oyster Shell_, inscribed with the Name of his
illustrious Ancestor. As this curious piece of antiquity may be of
service to some of the DIRECTORY, I have inclosed it in my
Dispatches, together with a Marble Tablet, containing the proper
form for pronouncing the Sentence of _Ostracism_ on _Royalist
Athenians_.
“KLÉBER, whom I had ordered to _Constantinople_, informs me that the
Capital of Turkey has proved an easy conquest. _Santa-Sophia_ has
been converted into a Temple of Reason; the _Seraglio_ has been
purified by _Theo-Philanthropists_, and the liberated Circassians
are learning from our Sailors the lessons of Equality and
Fraternity. A Detachment has been sent to Troy, for the purpose pf
organizing the Department of _Mount Ida_. The Tomb of ACHILLES has
been repaired, and the Bust of BRISEIS (which formed part of the
Pedestal) restored to its original state, at the expense of the
Female Citizen BUONAPARTÉ.
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