Curs'd be the hour when on the British shore, She set her foot--whose loss we now deplore; For, from that hour she pass'd a life of woe, And underwent what few could undergo: And lest she should a tranquil hour know, Against her peace was struck a deadly blow; A separation hardly to be borne,-- Her only daughter from her arms was torn! And next discarded--driven from her home, An unprotected Wanderer to roam! Oh, how each heart with indignation fills, When memory glances o'er the train of ills, Which through her travels followed everywhere In quick succession till this fatal year! Here let us stop--for mem'ry serves too well, To bear the woes which Caroline befel, Each art was tried--at last to crush her down, The Queen of England was refus'd a crown! Too much to bear--Thus robb'd of all her state She fell a victim to their hate! "They have destroy'd me,"--with her parting breath, She died--and calmly yielded unto death. Forgiving all, she parted with this life, A Queen, and no Queen--wife, and not a wife! To Heaven her soul is borne on Seraph's wings, To wait the Judgment of the KING of Kings; Trusting to find a better world than this, And meet her Daughter in the realms of bliss. CAROLINE THE INJURED QUEEN OF ENGLAND. Beneath this cold marble the "Wanderer" lies, Here shall she rest 'till "the Heavens be no more," 'Till the trumpet shall sound, and the Dead shall arise, Then the perjurer unmask'd will his sentence deplore. Ah! what will avail then? Pomp, Titles, and Birth, Those empty distinctions all levell'd will be, For the King shall be judg'd with the poor of the earth, And perhaps, the poor man will be greater than he. Until that day we leave Caroline's wrongs, Meantime, may "Repentance" her foes overtake; O grant it, kind POWER, to whom alone it belongs. AMEN. Here an end of this Hist'ry we make. _Quod._ JAS. C-T-N-H, Dec. 10th, 1821. [Illustration] In the early part of the year 1821, the British public were informed through the then existing usual advertising mediums that there was about to be published, in monthly parts, "Pierce Egan's Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. Embellished with Scenes from Real Life, designed and etched by I. R. and G. Cruikshank, and enriched with numerous original designs on wood by the same Artists."