Poems on several occasions By John Bennet |
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Sent to a Noble Lord, once one of the Representatives for the Borough of ---. |
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Sent to a Noble Lord, once one of the Representatives for the Borough of ---.
My Lord,
Five years are gone since we were blest
With your right noble boon;
Reward of joys that you exprest,
Upon th'election noon.
With your right noble boon;
Reward of joys that you exprest,
Upon th'election noon.
To see the Friendly
colours fly,
Waving aloft in air;
The ornament soon caught your eye,
Could we escape your care?
Waving aloft in air;
The ornament soon caught your eye,
Could we escape your care?
No; you was pleas'd to be enroll'd,
The honour sure was great;
While life of all immediate told
Our then most happy state!
The honour sure was great;
While life of all immediate told
Our then most happy state!
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Too happy for a certainty,
The club with grief has found;
As that which gave them so much glee,
Remains so long aground.
The club with grief has found;
As that which gave them so much glee,
Remains so long aground.
Some say neglect the reason was,
T'your Lordship not to send;
Others assign another cause
Unto their noble friend.
T'your Lordship not to send;
Others assign another cause
Unto their noble friend.
But yet in this they all agree,
That when sick, lame, or blind ,
Unless the club-book is kept free,
No benefit you'll find.
That when sick, lame, or blind ,
Unless the club-book is kept free,
No benefit you'll find.
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