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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXTEMPORE, by JOHN ST. LEDGER
First Line: Thou little tory, why the jest
Last Line: The whiteness of the rebel rose.
Subject(s): Nationalism - Ireland; Politics & Government
First Line: Thou little tory, why the jest
Last Line: The whiteness of the rebel rose.
Subject(s): Nationalism - Ireland; Politics & Government
To a Lady of Tory Principles, appearing at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, with an
Orange Lily in her Breast, on King William's Birth-Night
THOU little Tory, why the jest,
Of wearing Orange in thy breast;
When that same breast betraying shews
The whiteness of the rebel rose.
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