England under Charles II. from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1660-1678: English History from Contemporary Writers
Taylor, W. F.
1889
Denham's satire on the Dutch victory.
Sir J. Denham : Directions to a Painter. Lond., . Here, painter, let thine art describe a story Shaming our warlike island's ancient glory: A scene which never on our seas appeared, Since our first ships were on the ocean steered; Make the Dutch fleet, while we supinely sleep, Without opposers, masters of the deep: Make them securely the Thames' mouth invade, At once depriving us of that and trade: Draw thunder from their floating castles, sent Against our forts, weak as our government: Draw Woolwich, Deptford, London, and the Tower Meanly abandoned to a foreign power. | |