There is a history lesson here:
"When radicalism ran high in Great Britain, and men were presented for treason and libel, the following loyal ode appeared, we presume as an atonement for past offenses. We believe we have published it before, but it deserves a reprint: besides it is furnished from the scrap book of a lady, and will serve for the scrap book of others. Our readers must find the double mode of reading. G. V."
LOYALTY
The pomp of court, the power of kings,
I love above all earthly things,
I love my country, but my king
Above all men his praise I sing;
The royal banners are display’d
And may success the standard aid
I fain would banish far from hence
The Rights of Man and Common Sense,
Destruction to his odious reign,
That plague of princes, Thomas Paine,
Defeat and ruin seize the cause
Of France, her Liberty and Laws.
Beacon 3:38 Third Series
3 August 1844
p. 300
WORTHY READERS !! CAN ANYONE FIND THE HIDDEN MESSAGE IN THE POEM? POST IT IN THE COMMENTS.
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Solution must be in the last sentence. Revolution, short weak democratic attempt, followed by dictatorship. See Napoleon and Hitler.
Renouncing the tyrannical power of a monarchy