13 Whereas there were a lot of Irish babies,
14 Which the Brits all thought was ironic,
15 And great,
16 Though not as great as Shakespeare.
CHAPTER 381 Then there was aSamuel Johnson,
2 bWho wrote down a lot of clever remarks,
3 And had a friend named cBoswell who followed him around and wrote down all the clever remarks Johnson made in public,
4 Which were all great,
5 Though not as great as Shakespeare.
CHAPTER 391 Another great Brit thinker was dJohn Locke,
2 eWho invented democracy,
3 Unless it was someone else who invented democracy,
4 fAnd Locke just thought about it a lot.
CHAPTER 401 There was also a Brit named gWilliam Blake,
2 Who liked tigers,
3 And God,
4 And hampersands,
5 Which led to the Brit romantic movement,
6 And was therefore great,
7 Though,
8 iYou know.
CHAPTER 411 The romantics were Brits who thought that it might be possible to feel emotions,
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2 jEven if you'd had a gentleman's education,
3 kWhich wasn't easy,
4 And therefore resulted in a huge number of Brit romantic poets,
5 Who invented lots of new Brit emotions,
6 Such as romantic melancholy,
7 lWhich is the feeling you get if you're a Brit trying to experience a genuine emotion.
8 For example, there was mKeats,
9 Who wanted to love a nnightingale and also possibly an urn of some sort,
10 And oShelley,
11 Who wanted to love a pstone statue buried in the desert,
12 And qByron,
13 Who wanted to love rwomen,
14 And sWordsworth,
15 Who wanted to love tEngland,
16 And uColeridge,
17 Who wanted to love vGod and His creations.
18 wThrough prodigious effort, the romantic poets succeeded in working themselves up to an emotional state that was something like mild yearning,
19 xOnly tinged with a vague sadness,
20 Which is a pretty passionate way to feel,
21 If you're a Brit.
CHAPTER 421 Then came the Victorians,
2 Who were passionate,
3 Though not quite as passionate as the romantics,
4 Because you don't have a lot of time for emotional fireworks if you're responsible for ruling the world,
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