The Age Reviewed A Satire: In two parts: Second edition, revised and corrected [by Robert Montgomery] |
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Foremost of demagogues, and dirty bores,
Whose plaintive grunt eternal ill deplores,
See Cobbett rise,—with brutish pride to reign,
The bone-preserver of th' accursed Paine;
With proper page to print each vile attack,
The “Herald's” mouth-piece, and the butt for Black:
Detested “Patriot!” whose mean tongue can turn,
Well lick Burdett, —and then the patron spurn,—
Though thy rank pen be dipp'd in miscreant gall,
To soil thy betters, and to poison all,—
Deem not, foul renegade, there's none can see
The buried hypocrite, alive in thee!
Though Paddy Kernan spout thine impious line,
And crazy Connell deem'd thee once divine:
Thine aim well-rob'd in patriotic vest,
Gleams forth traducive, in each wild protest,—
Thou liv'st but to enjoy thy pestful ire,
And lay the fuel for Rebellion's fire;
To drive Religion from her hallow'd fane,—
With heart of Thurtell, and with head of Paine!
Whose plaintive grunt eternal ill deplores,
See Cobbett rise,—with brutish pride to reign,
The bone-preserver of th' accursed Paine;
With proper page to print each vile attack,
The “Herald's” mouth-piece, and the butt for Black:
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Well lick Burdett, —and then the patron spurn,—
Though thy rank pen be dipp'd in miscreant gall,
To soil thy betters, and to poison all,—
Deem not, foul renegade, there's none can see
The buried hypocrite, alive in thee!
Though Paddy Kernan spout thine impious line,
And crazy Connell deem'd thee once divine:
Thine aim well-rob'd in patriotic vest,
Gleams forth traducive, in each wild protest,—
Thou liv'st but to enjoy thy pestful ire,
And lay the fuel for Rebellion's fire;
To drive Religion from her hallow'd fane,—
With heart of Thurtell, and with head of Paine!
That Cobbett should traduce and be an ingrate after receiving Burdett's bounty, is not remarkable. It would be unreasonable to expect pure water from a muddy horse pond. But that a man of Sir Francis Burdett's birth and acquirements, should link himself with Cobbett, is more than remarkable. I suppose he had his reasons.
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