Waltoniana - Inedited Remains in Verse and Prose of Izaak Walton by Izaak Walton
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_Hail happy day!_ Dorus _sit down: Now let no sigh, nor let a frown Lodge near thy heart, or on thy brow. The_ King! _the_ King'_s return'd! and now Let's banish all sad thoughts and sing_ We have our Laws, and have our King. DORUS. _'Tis true, and I would sing, but oh! These wars have sunk my heart so low 'Twill not be rais'd._ DAMAN. _What not this day? Why 'tis the_ twenty ninth of May: _Let_ Rebels _spirits sink; let those That like the_ Goths _and_ Vandals _rose To ruine families, and bring Contempt upon our_ Church, _our_ King, _And all that's dear to us, be sad; But be not thou, let us be glad._ And, _Dorus_, to invite thee, look, Here's a Collection in this Book, Of all those chearful Songs, that we Have sung so oft and merilie[1] As we have march'd to fight the cause Of _Gods Anointed_, and our _Laws_ |
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