The Age Reviewed A Satire: In two parts: Second edition, revised and corrected [by Robert Montgomery] |
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O, surly sample of sophistic power,
Time-serving Brougham—strut thy little hour;
Blown by the murmurs of each mean applause,
The canny creature of a rebel cause:
With craft prolific Nature stuff'd thy brain,
To foam for party, or to grub for gain;—
A currish pleader when the culprits pay,
An orator—so Papal blood-hounds say,—
A puppet too, when Jeffrey pulls the string,
And Spanish villains help to taunt thy king;
Then, pand'ring to the ignominious sheet,
For whigs and filthy-minded rebels meet,—
Thy servile pen, with Jesuistic glow,
Can laud a minion, or defame a foe.
Time-serving Brougham—strut thy little hour;
Blown by the murmurs of each mean applause,
The canny creature of a rebel cause:
With craft prolific Nature stuff'd thy brain,
To foam for party, or to grub for gain;—
A currish pleader when the culprits pay,
An orator—so Papal blood-hounds say,—
A puppet too, when Jeffrey pulls the string,
And Spanish villains help to taunt thy king;
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For whigs and filthy-minded rebels meet,—
Thy servile pen, with Jesuistic glow,
Can laud a minion, or defame a foe.
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