Memoirs of the Court of England, From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George the Second 1
Memoirs of the Court of England, From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George the Second 1
Jesse, John Heneage, 1815-1874
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Tune, " Old Jemmy.'' Prince George at last is come« Fill every man his bumper ; For the valiant Dane make room, — Confusion to each Rumper ; And every prodigal starched fool Aspires unto a crown, By hopes of plotting knaves to rule. Who next would pull him down. Preserve great Charles our King, And his illustrious brother. Whilst Whigs in halters swing, And hang up one another : The joyful bridegroom and the bride, Prince George of royal race, Of all the swains the joy and pride, The subject of... their lays. Brave George he is a lad. With all perfections shining I With every virtue clad, And every grace refining : But, oh I of such a warlike race, So conquering are his charms. No Mars in field but must give place To his victorious arms. A CoOeeHon of LoyaH Songs, written smee 1678. London, 1694, p. 2d. There are five other stanzas, but they have even less merit than the foregoing ones. 326 PRINCE GEORGE QF DENMARK. on the 28th of the same month, at St. James's Palace. Evelyn, who saw him at Whitehall on the day of his arrival, and who was again in his society on the 25th of the month, observes in the entry in his journal on the latter day, — " I again saw Prince George of Denmark : he had the Danish countenance; blonde; of few words; spake French but ill; seemed somewhat heavy, but reported to be valiant ; and, indeed, he had bravely rescued and brought off his brother the K.
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