The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams ... From the Originals in the Possession of His Grandson The Right Hon. The Earl of Essex and Others: With Notes by Horace Walpole ... In Three Volumes, with Portraits |
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THE STATESMAN.
Quem virum, aut heroa, lyra, vel acri
Tibia sumis celebrare, Clio?
Quem deum? &c.
Hor. Lib. 1, Ode xii.
Tibia sumis celebrare, Clio?
Quem deum? &c.
Hor. Lib. 1, Ode xii.
WHAT statesman, what hero, what king,
Whose name through the island is spread,
Will you choose, O my Clio, to sing,
Of all the great living or dead?
Whose name through the island is spread,
Will you choose, O my Clio, to sing,
Of all the great living or dead?
Go, my Muse, from this place to Japan
In search of a topic for rhyme:
The great Earl of Bath is the man,
Who deserves to employ your whole time.
In search of a topic for rhyme:
The great Earl of Bath is the man,
Who deserves to employ your whole time.
But, howe'er, as the subject is nice,
And perhaps you're unfurnish'd with matter;
May it please you to take my advice,
That you may'nt be suspected to flatter.
And perhaps you're unfurnish'd with matter;
May it please you to take my advice,
That you may'nt be suspected to flatter.
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When you touch on his Lordship's high birth,
Speak Latin as if you were tipsy:
Say, we are all but the sons of the earth,
Et genus non fecimus ipsi
Speak Latin as if you were tipsy:
Say, we are all but the sons of the earth,
Et genus non fecimus ipsi
Proclaim him as rich as a Jew;
Yet attempt not to reckon his bounties:
You may say, he is married; that's true,
Yet speak not a word of his Countess.
Yet attempt not to reckon his bounties:
You may say, he is married; that's true,
Yet speak not a word of his Countess.
Leave a blank here and there in each page,
To enrol the fair deeds of his youth!
When you mention the acts of his age,
Leave a blank for his honour and truth!
To enrol the fair deeds of his youth!
When you mention the acts of his age,
Leave a blank for his honour and truth!
Say, he made a great monarch change hands:
He spake—and the minister fell.
Say, he made a great statesman of Sands;
(Oh! that he had taught him to spell!)
He spake—and the minister fell.
Say, he made a great statesman of Sands;
(Oh! that he had taught him to spell!)
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Then enlarge on his cunning and wit:
Say, how he harangu'd at the Fountain;
Say, how the old patriots were bit,
And a mouse was produc'd by a mountain.
Say, how he harangu'd at the Fountain;
Say, how the old patriots were bit,
And a mouse was produc'd by a mountain.
Then say how he mark'd the new year,
By increasing our taxes, and stocks:
Then say how he chang'd to a peer,
Fit companion for Edgecumbe and Fox.
By increasing our taxes, and stocks:
Then say how he chang'd to a peer,
Fit companion for Edgecumbe and Fox.
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