The Queen has lately lost a part Of her entirely English heart, For want of which by way of botch, She pieced it up again with Scotch. Blessed revolution, which creates Divided hearts, united states. See how the double nation lies; Like a rich coat with skirts of frieze: As if a man in making posies Should bundle thistles up with roses. Whoever yet a union saw Of kingdoms, without faith or law. Henceforward let no statesman dare, A kingdom to a ship compare; Lest he should call our commonweal, A vessel with a double keel: Which just like ours, new rigged and manned, And got about a league from land, By change of wind to leeward side The pilot knew not how to guide. So tossing faction will o'erwhelm Our crazy double-bottomed realm. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RIGHT TO GRIEF by CARL SANDBURG LACK OF STEADFASTNESS; BALLAD by GEOFFREY CHAUCER THERMOPYLAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS GARDEN DAYS: 2. NEST EGGS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE SONG OF A TRAVELLER by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE COTTON BOLL by HENRY TIMROD |