The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke ... In Four Volumes Octavo. Revised and corrected by the Original Manuscript With a Portrait of the Author, and His Life By Miss Brooke. The Third Edition |
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AIR XX.
Jack.I'll first present you a prime minister,
See from thought or action sinister!
Public good his square and measure;
Himself his Country's trust and treasure.
And is not this a shew?
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Here's Humility in high station!Dignity stript of ostentation!
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Here is power, without oppression!
Oh the finest shew!
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Who'll see honesty in a Miser?Fops, from France, return the wiser?
Wealthy Poets, and poor Receivers?
Lawyers in future rewards believers?
Oh the curious shew!
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Here's dependance, without servility;Peers, to Virtue who owe Nobility;
Next, where Piety weds with Prelacy:
But you scarce will credit, till you see,
Such a wond'rous shew!
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