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PEACE AND PLENTY;
OR,
BRITONS REJOICE.
BE thankful, O ye Britons,
be cheerful, and rejoice,
Long wiſhed for bleſſings now combine,
to gratify your choice.
Meager wants now diſappear,
and Plenty takes its place;
And bloody wars, with all its ills,
gives way to ſmiling peace.
CHORUS.
Rejoice and ſing, whilſt bells do ring,
and hail that happy day;
That France and Britain did agree,
no more to kill and ſlay.
Reports of fights and ſieges,
no more aſſails our ears;
No more the Son's diſaſtrous fate,
calls for the Mother's tears.
The Sailor's Wife her abſent Spouſe,
no more in tears of grief will mourn;
And children will no more deſpair,
their father's ſafe return.
Chor. Rejoice and ſing, &c.
