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MANCHESTER, &c.
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The Earl of Derby—Manchester—Its Manufactures.
In Charles's cause, our gallant youth he arm'd,
And his bright deeds each meaner bosom warm'd;
Till treason, mounting o’er his cold corpse flew,
Where Bolton's blushing spires fade in the distant view.
Lo! where Mancunium boldly soars on high,
Mocks the rude blast, and dares th' inclement sky:
Thrice happy spot, whose joys from commerce spring;
At her command thy genius spreads her wing;
Bids arts revive, gives latent actions light,
And calls from chaos, all thy native might.
Thy manufactures, curious eyes explore,
From Po's proud streams, to frozen Wolga's shore;
And wondering nations view thy active soul,
And thy bright name extends from pole to pole.
And his bright deeds each meaner bosom warm'd;
Till treason, mounting o’er his cold corpse flew,
Where Bolton's blushing spires fade in the distant view.
Lo! where Mancunium boldly soars on high,
Mocks the rude blast, and dares th' inclement sky:
Thrice happy spot, whose joys from commerce spring;
At her command thy genius spreads her wing;
Bids arts revive, gives latent actions light,
And calls from chaos, all thy native might.
Thy manufactures, curious eyes explore,
From Po's proud streams, to frozen Wolga's shore;
And wondering nations view thy active soul,
And thy bright name extends from pole to pole.
Grandson of James, Earl of Derby, and Charlotte, daughter of Clande Duke de la Tremonille, in France; whose husband James was beheaded at Bolton, on the 15th. of October, 1652, for strenuously adhering to Charles the second, who refused a bill, passed unanimously by both houses of parliament, for restoring to the family the estate lost by his loyalty to him, 1732.'".
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