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Can I forget that King who came
And stained with bloody sceptre – he Paternal fondness on his breath
Who talked of peace & scattered flame
Of mercy – & he dealt us death
a father he!! what he who built
His throne on blood – I saw him whit
The nagger which Vey's less spell
Can I forget – Can I forget

Can I forget him when he trod
Our rights into the dust – & laid
Like some usurping Demon God
All slavery's burthen on his our head
When freedom fled alarmed, – & woe
And shame within our unwillingness met –
Can time e're vane that memory? No! Can I forget – can I forget?

Can I forget those days days of blood
When on our unarmed citizens
Poured hired assassins like a flood
Intrusting from the royal dens
"The King – The King" those murderers cried
Then on our unarmed people set –
And loyally all their fury satisfied Their royalty is sanctified
Can I forget – can I forget?

Can I forget – thy wounds, O France!
Bleeding in my indignant heart –
I pine for thy deliverance –
Thou hast exited me – & I depart
in hope – Yes Liberty
Shall wave her glorious banners yet
Thy country's shores I still shall see
Can I forget – can I forget?

Identifier: | JB/110/207/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 110.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	110	Main Headings
Folio number	207	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles	recollections from 1789 to 1822
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	2
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Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	36197
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