Death of Queen Caroline/The death of Queen Caroline

The death of Queen Caroline (1822)
The death of Queen Caroline
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THE DEATH

OF

QUEEN CAROLINE.

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Mourn ye ſons of Britain. mourn,
and, with bitter lamentation,
Join in plaintive ſtrains of grief,
For the mother of your nation:
For our loved Caroline
Now has paid the debt of nature,
And has left this dreary clime
For a world we hope much better.

Lament all hearts for her,
who was once ſo fair and blooming,
While in pomp they bear her train,
to the tomb ſo dark and gloomy,
Let her Royal Conſort George,
wail the grieving diſpenſation,
And be join'd with one accord,
by a loyal hearted nation.

Oh! how little ſhe would think
of the fate that was awaiting,
When ſhe landed on our ſhore,
and ſaluted Queen of Britain;
Her life with hardſhips ſtrove,
all along in cloſe ſucceſſion,
Yet ſhe claim'd her ſubjects love,
and their hatred of oppreſſion.

Then exult not ye her foes,
tho' ſhe underwent denials,
For our hearts will joy to think
that ſhe's over with her trials
And tho’ malice bore her down,
with ſo many things to grieve her,
Yet we hope ſhe wears a crown,
of which man cannot bereave her.

Let us ſcorn each baſe deſign,
that was form’d to blaſt her merit;
While we laud the lofty views
of her brave undaunted ſpirit.
Then be honour paid to thoſe,
who loved always to careſs her:
But let ſhame becloud the face
that attempted to diſtreſs her.

While no kindred heart was nigh,
to impart her conſolation,
And the views bedim'd her eye,
of approaching diſſolution;
But her guardian, Lady Ann,
in her grief a true partaker,
Oft has cheer'd her while in life,
and at death did not forſake her.


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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