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EPIGRAM ON THE CHINESE TREATY by THOMAS HOOD

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First Line: OUR WARS ARE ENDED - FOREIGN BATTLES CEASE
Last Line: "STILL ""MISTRESS OF HERSELF THOUGH CHINA FALL!"
Subject(s): CHINA; GREAT BRITAIN - FOREIGN RELATIONS; PEACE;
OUR wars are ended -- foreign battles cease, --
Great Britain owns an universal peace:
And Queen Victoria triumphs over all,
Still "@3Mistress of herself though China fall!@1"



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