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The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot]

... With a Copious Index. To which is prefixed Some Account of his Life. In Four Volumes

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When inward his sad optics ought to roll,
To view the dark condition of his soul;
Catch up an opera-glass, with curious eye,
Forgetting God, some stranger's phiz to spy,

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As though desirous to observe, if Heav'n
Had Christian features to the visage giv'n;
Then turn (for kind communication, keen)
And tell some new-found wonders to the queen.