The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot] ... With a Copious Index. To which is prefixed Some Account of his Life. In Four Volumes |
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ON A NEW-MADE LORD. |
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ON A NEW-MADE LORD.
The carpenters of ancient Greece,Although they bought of wood a stubborn piece,
Not fit to make a block—yet, very odd!
No losers were the men of chipping trade,
Because of this same stubborn stuff they made
A damn'd good god!
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Whose mind to A, B, C, can scarcely stretch,
Shall, by a monarch's all-creative word,
Become, a very decent lord.
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