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John Bull Poems - Poems about John Bull


Swansong
...SWANSONG England expects Britannia to rule the waves, From the white cliffs of Dover To where the Sun never sets. We’ll keep the Union Jack flying Over this sceptred isle, Set in a silver s......

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Categories: john bull, anger, betrayal, england, history,
Form: Free verse
No Mickey Taking
...I promise not to take the Mickey as far as I know After all you maybe a John or Jane Doe Of course you could be Uncle Sam in the USA Possibly John Bull living here in the UK Bob's your uncle i......

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Categories: john bull, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Victory Woods, Or the Battle of Saratoga
...That day in the October sun The British they marched along Across Mater Barber’s wheat field A force in red, quite strong. The drummer drummed, fifers they played We heard their martial song, A......

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Categories: john bull, america, freedom, history, independence
Form: Narrative
Rehabilitation
...Every time John Bull brings the holly Out of the woods I go where my poinsettias grow merrily To see the fire glows Red like blood in leaves defying The winter's coming and the cold Every ti......

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Categories: john bull, childhood, lost love, mothertime,
Form: Free verse
The Setting of the Sun: Part Three
...Behold a land of monarchic decadence as celebrity status of family values eroded in a smorgasbord of half truths and bare-faced lies; what life-model this, one of toe-sucking chequebook journalis......

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Categories: john bull, history, social, time, ,
Form: Narrative




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