 | The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley |  |
PARTY LOYALTY. [1780.]
The First and Second George were wise,
And understood a faction's price;
Little account of those they made
That from mere principle obey'd,
But purchased with an annual bribe
The votes of the Dissenting tribe;
Who served with flaming zeal and hearty
The heads of their own favourite party.
And understood a faction's price;
Little account of those they made
That from mere principle obey'd,
But purchased with an annual bribe
The votes of the Dissenting tribe;
Who served with flaming zeal and hearty
The heads of their own favourite party.
Why are they changed to George the Third,
And never give him a good word?
His rebels why do they embrace,
And spit in a mild monarch's face?
“Because he slights his father's friends,
And the three kingdoms comprehends,
All sects and parties reconciles,
Alike on Whig and Tory smiles;
Aims at impossibilities,
And studies all the world to please;
Because our pensions he withdraws;
And if he starve the good old cause,
And if he nothing more advance—
No longer pipe, no longer dance.”
And never give him a good word?
His rebels why do they embrace,
And spit in a mild monarch's face?
“Because he slights his father's friends,
And the three kingdoms comprehends,
448
Alike on Whig and Tory smiles;
Aims at impossibilities,
And studies all the world to please;
Because our pensions he withdraws;
And if he starve the good old cause,
And if he nothing more advance—
No longer pipe, no longer dance.”
| The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley | |