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 | Poems on Affairs of State |  |
Fab. XXIV. The Courtier.
A milk-white Rogue Immortal and unhang'd,
By Fate and Parliaments severely bang'd,
Without a Saint, a Devil was within;
He sought all Dangers, for he knew all Sin;
Resolv'd for Grandure, and t'acquire Wealth,
Rob'd some by force, and others trick'd by stealth;
A wheedling, fawning, parsimonious Knave,
The Prince's Favour he resolv'd to have.
The only means by which he thought to rise,
He shuffl'd Cards, and slily cog'd his Dice;
A true State-Juggler, could make things appear
Such as would please his Prince's Eyes or Ear;
Produc'd false Lights his Monarch to mislead,
Which made him from his Paths of Int'rest tread.
He skreen'd all Villains from due course of Laws,
And from his Prince his truest Subjects draws;
Till angry Senates the vile Monster took,
And from the Root the upstart Cedar shook,
Squeez'd the curs'd Spunge had suck'd the Notion's Coin,
And made him cast up what he did purloin:
Then on a Gibbet did the Monster die,
A Just Example to Posterity.
By Fate and Parliaments severely bang'd,
Without a Saint, a Devil was within;
He sought all Dangers, for he knew all Sin;
Resolv'd for Grandure, and t'acquire Wealth,
Rob'd some by force, and others trick'd by stealth;
A wheedling, fawning, parsimonious Knave,
The Prince's Favour he resolv'd to have.
The only means by which he thought to rise,
He shuffl'd Cards, and slily cog'd his Dice;
A true State-Juggler, could make things appear
Such as would please his Prince's Eyes or Ear;
Produc'd false Lights his Monarch to mislead,
Which made him from his Paths of Int'rest tread.
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And from his Prince his truest Subjects draws;
Till angry Senates the vile Monster took,
And from the Root the upstart Cedar shook,
Squeez'd the curs'd Spunge had suck'd the Notion's Coin,
And made him cast up what he did purloin:
Then on a Gibbet did the Monster die,
A Just Example to Posterity.
Let Favorites beware how they abuse
Their Princes Goodness, or the Peoples Laws;
How they clandestine Methods ever use
To propagate a base unrighteous Cause.
The Prince's Favour, like a Horse untam'd,
Dos often break the giddy Rider's Neck:
On him who for Preferment's so much fam'd,
The People oft their bloody Vengeance wreak.
Let these beware how they mislead their Prince,
Or rob the Treasure of a potent Nation,
Or multiply enormous Crimes; for hence
Comes Hanging oft, or noble Decollation.
Their Princes Goodness, or the Peoples Laws;
How they clandestine Methods ever use
To propagate a base unrighteous Cause.
The Prince's Favour, like a Horse untam'd,
Dos often break the giddy Rider's Neck:
On him who for Preferment's so much fam'd,
The People oft their bloody Vengeance wreak.
Let these beware how they mislead their Prince,
Or rob the Treasure of a potent Nation,
Or multiply enormous Crimes; for hence
Comes Hanging oft, or noble Decollation.
| Poems on Affairs of State | |