The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne/38

by George Granville

A LOYAL EXHORTATION.
WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1688.

Of kings dethron’d, and blood of brethren ſpilt,
In vain, O Britain! you ’d avert the guilt,
Is crimes which your forefathers bluſh’d to own,
Repeated, call for heavier vengeance down.4
Tremble, ye People! who your kings diſtreſs;
Tremble, ye Kings! for people you oppreſs:
Th’ Eternal ſees, arm’d with his forky rods.
The riſe and fall of empire ’s from the gods.8