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And ever since that martial Synod met,

Britannia sickens, Cintra! at thy name;

And folks in office at the mention fret,bj And fain would blush, if blush they could, for shame. How will Posterity the deed proclaim! Will not our own and fellow-nations sneer, To view these champions cheated of their fame, By foes in fight o'erthrown, yet victors here, Where Scorn her finger points through many a coming year?