The Wit And Humor of Colonial Days (1607-1800)
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In the year seventeen hundred and eighty and two A stroke he shall get that will make him look blue ; In the years eighty-three, eighty-four, eighty-five You hardly shall know that the king is alive ; In the year eighty-six the affair will be over.
And he shall eat turnips that grow in Hanover.
The face of the Lion shall then become pale, He shall yield fifteen teeth and be sheared of his taU.
king, my dear king, you shall be very sore ; The Stars and the Lily shall run you on shore, And your L...ion shall growl — but never bite more ! " True, part of tMs prophecy was merely a narrative of what had already happened; but if Freneau had written it five years before there would have been not a whit less positiveness.
It was in 1775 that we had from Freneau the first ferocious outburst of patriotic ire.
181 WIT AND HUMOR OP COLONIAL DAYS Among the poems written that year by his rest- less pen are such bitter satires as On the Con- quest of America Shut Up in Boston, General Gage's Soliloquy, The Midnight Consultations, Libera Nos, Domine, and Mac Swiggen — venomous things every one, especially poison- ous to Tories.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In the year seventeen hundred and eighty and two A stroke he shall get that will make him look blue ; In the years eighty-three, eighty-four, eighty-five You hardly shall know that the king is alive ; In the year eighty-six the affair will be over.
And he shall eat turnips that grow in Hanover.
The face of the Lion shall then become pale, He shall yield fifteen teeth and be sheared of his taU.
king, my dear king, you shall be very sore ; The Stars and the Lily shall run you on shore, And your L...ion shall growl — but never bite more ! " True, part of tMs prophecy was merely a narrative of what had already happened; but if Freneau had written it five years before there would have been not a whit less positiveness.
It was in 1775 that we had from Freneau the first ferocious outburst of patriotic ire.
181 WIT AND HUMOR OP COLONIAL DAYS Among the poems written that year by his rest- less pen are such bitter satires as On the Con- quest of America Shut Up in Boston, General Gage's Soliloquy, The Midnight Consultations, Libera Nos, Domine, and Mac Swiggen — venomous things every one, especially poison- ous to Tories.
What to read after The Wit And Humor of Colonial Days (1607-1800)?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Holliday, Carl, 1879-1936 to read onlineMoreLess
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