Oculus Britanniae An Heroi-Panegyrical poem on the University of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful Similes, and useful Digressions [by Nicholas Amhurst] |
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In this illustrious croud, so learn'd and wise,
Brazen, the college tyrant, charms my eyes;
Great must his merits be, his virtues choice,
Which five successive years gain'd Arran's voice:
In him at least some excellence is shown,
Fam'd for his brother's parts, if not his own;
His brother's virtues, all divinely bright,
Reflect on him a pale inferiour light:
What for the cause his patriot-brother bears,
The learned Head in ordinance declares;
His shrewd harangues in senate he repeats,
With the same zealous pangs his bosom beats;
Oft in his veins he boasts true-british blood,
And raves devoutly for his country's good;
Of naughty statesmen ecchoes dismal tales,
And against Walpole, o'er his bottle, rails.
Brazen, the college tyrant, charms my eyes;
Great must his merits be, his virtues choice,
Which five successive years gain'd Arran's voice:
In him at least some excellence is shown,
Fam'd for his brother's parts, if not his own;
His brother's virtues, all divinely bright,
Reflect on him a pale inferiour light:
What for the cause his patriot-brother bears,
The learned Head in ordinance declares;
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With the same zealous pangs his bosom beats;
Oft in his veins he boasts true-british blood,
And raves devoutly for his country's good;
Of naughty statesmen ecchoes dismal tales,
And against Walpole, o'er his bottle, rails.
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