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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But ah! within our walls dissention reigns,
And modern feuds disturb the laurel'd plains,
Pert upstart patriots with rebellious pride,
Spurn at their Heads, and Golgotha deride,
In bold confederate clubs and plots engage,
And youthful whims oppose to thoughtful age;
Each day the hoary sages sink in pow'r,
And Presidents and Provosts sway no more;
With grumbling tories factious whigs combine,
And against D---n---n perversely join,
Resolv'd to baulk him of the darling pow'r,
And antient rights of Charlot's successor.
And modern feuds disturb the laurel'd plains,
Pert upstart patriots with rebellious pride,
Spurn at their Heads, and Golgotha deride,
In bold confederate clubs and plots engage,
And youthful whims oppose to thoughtful age;
Each day the hoary sages sink in pow'r,
And Presidents and Provosts sway no more;
With grumbling tories factious whigs combine,
And against D---n---n perversely join,
Resolv'd to baulk him of the darling pow'r,
And antient rights of Charlot's successor.
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