English Poetry. Jane Austen. Of a Ministry Pitiful, Angry, Mean. Джейн Остин.

Jane Austen (Джейн Остин)

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Of a Ministry pitiful, angry, mean,
A gallant commander the victim is seen.
For promptitude, vigour, success, does he stand
Condemn’d to receive a severe reprimand!
To his foes I could wish a resemblance in fate:
That they, too, may suffer themselves, soon or late,
The injustice they warrent. But vain is my spite
They cannot so suffer who never do right.

Jane Austen’s other poems:

1. When Stretch’d on One’s Bed
2. To the Memory of Mrs. Lefroy Who Died December 16 – My Birthday.
3. See They Come, Post Haste from Thanet
4. Mock Panegyric on a Young Friend
5. Ode to Pity

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