KING GEORGE II
Then let the word go forth from out this place:
We sail from here upon the morning tide
To venge the suff’ring of our countrymen,
Who by Ijaz Mohammad’s guilty hand
Are made too soon to sleep in stony beds.
We did not tempt nor urge nor bid nor cause
This enemy to swing and strike so low;
This is no recompense against a thing
We did intending to do harm. O no.
America is to the world a friend.
We practice Christian kindness to a fault,
But turning cheeks invite a fresh assault.
We take this day to mourn, to weep and pray:
Convert the laurel wreath to lily bloom,
The chariot to hearse, the cheer to lamentation.
Tomorrow we awake to sunny sky,
Will gather at the docks to kiss our wives,
Then sharpen swords upon the flinty sea.
The Historie of King George II
Act II, ii
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