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The Shamrock

or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte]

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EPIGRAM.

On seeing Miss AMBROSE, with an Orange Ribband in her Breast, King William's Birth Day.

Thou little Tory, where's the Jest,
Of wearing Orange in thy Breast;
When that same Breast, insulting, shews
The Whiteness of the Rebel Rose?
 

Now, Mrs. Palmer.