TELL me what prince, detested of mankind,
By force of terror Magna Charta signed?
Tell me what poet struck his sounding lyre,
And sung imagination’s pleasing fire?
Then turn your thoughts towards Trafalgar Bay,
And say what conqu’ring hero gain’d the day,
When Britain sent her squadrons to oppose
The machinations of her Gallic foes?
Then on the wings of fancy take your flight,
And bid her place before your wond’ring sight
The barren shores of Ithaca: then name
A sov’reign of that isle, well known to fame.
Next let the queen whose battles Marlborough fought
Attract the wand’rings of excursive thought.
Descending from a throne, now join to praise
A great philanthropist of modern days,
In Bristol born: then memory’s aid implore,
To add a prelate’s title from her store.
Th’ initials rightly placed, you’ll find appear,
The month that ushers in a new-born year.
(Elizabeth Hitchener)
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