Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose | ||
Epigram.
[By Land and Sea, the haughty French o'erthrown]
By Land and Sea, the haughty French o'erthrown,Accuse not Fortune's spite, but vent their own;
And still some hapless Leader bears the blame
Of sinking Empire, and of ruin'd Fame:
The Soldiers fought; but Tallard's Conduct fail'd;
And Thesse's Pride o'er Pointy's Care prevail'd.
Tax not the guiltless, Lewis; nor deplore
The Gallic Heads and Hands as now no more.
Thy Heads, thy Hands, perhaps, may equal ours;
But Anna's stronger Genius thine o'erpow'rs:
Nor Force, nor Policy, can shield thee now,
Since Justice gives the Sword, and She the Blow.
Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose | ||