The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM CCXVII.
[Sir Hudibras, with a single spur]
AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM.
Sir Hudibras, with a single spur,
Provok'd to active trot his steed;
Conscious that if one side should stir,
The other must of course proceed.
Thus reason'd once the doughty knight:
And in that case he reason'd right.
Provok'd to active trot his steed;
Conscious that if one side should stir,
The other must of course proceed.
Thus reason'd once the doughty knight:
And in that case he reason'd right.
But had the scheme on man been try'd,
His logic would have prov'd untrue;
Whoe'er the state's great horse would guide,
Must use both spurs—and gild 'em too:
Or else, in spite of all his skill,
The restive beast will stand stock still.
His logic would have prov'd untrue;
Whoe'er the state's great horse would guide,
Must use both spurs—and gild 'em too:
Or else, in spite of all his skill,
The restive beast will stand stock still.
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For, as throughout an horse's skin,
A sensitive, muscular power appears,
So courtiers, out of place and in,
Are all, all-over eyes and ears;
But, tho' you urge them e'er so much,
Feel, only in the part you touch!
A sensitive, muscular power appears,
So courtiers, out of place and in,
Are all, all-over eyes and ears;
But, tho' you urge them e'er so much,
Feel, only in the part you touch!
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