All the talents' garland or, A few rockets let off at a celebrated ministry. Including Elijah's mantle, the Uti Possidetis, and other poems of the same author. By eminent political characters. The third edition, greatly enlarged [by E. A. Barrett] |
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THE TALENTS ASLEEP. |
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THE TALENTS ASLEEP.
BY QUIZ.
How All the Talents cock'd their noses
At Castlereagh's sweet “Bed of Roses:”
The couch receiv'd, with taunts and scorns,
“A Bed of Roses!”—say, of thorns.
At Castlereagh's sweet “Bed of Roses:”
The couch receiv'd, with taunts and scorns,
“A Bed of Roses!”—say, of thorns.
Yet sure 'twas soft as down inviting,
The soul in opiate dews to steep;
For, with the world around them fighting,
Lo! All the Talents fast asleep.
The soul in opiate dews to steep;
For, with the world around them fighting,
Lo! All the Talents fast asleep.
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