The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams ... From the Originals in the Possession of His Grandson The Right Hon. The Earl of Essex and Others: With Notes by Horace Walpole ... In Three Volumes, with Portraits |
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New Ballad.
(On Lord Doneraile's altering his Chapel at the Grove, in Hertfordshire, into a Kitchen.)
BY Ovid, 'mongst many more wonders, we're told
What chanc'd to Philemon and Baucis of old,
How a cot to a temple was conjur'd by Jove;
So a chapel was chang'd to a kitchen at Grove.
Derry down, &c.
What chanc'd to Philemon and Baucis of old,
How a cot to a temple was conjur'd by Jove;
So a chapel was chang'd to a kitchen at Grove.
Derry down, &c.
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The lord of the mansion most rightly conceiting,
That his guests lov'd good prayers, much less than good eating;
And possess'd by the d*v*l (as some folks will tell ye)
What was meant for the soul he assign'd to the belly.
Derry down, &c.
That his guests lov'd good prayers, much less than good eating;
And possess'd by the d*v*l (as some folks will tell ye)
What was meant for the soul he assign'd to the belly.
Derry down, &c.
The word was scarce given, but down dropt the clock,
And strait was seen fix'd in the form of a jack;
'Tis shameful to say, pulpit, benches and pews,
Form'd cupboards and shelves for plates, saucepans and stews.
Derry down, &c.
And strait was seen fix'd in the form of a jack;
'Tis shameful to say, pulpit, benches and pews,
Form'd cupboards and shelves for plates, saucepans and stews.
Derry down, &c.
Pray'r-books turn'd into platters, nor think it a fable,
And dressers sprung out of the c-mm—n table;
Which instead of the usual repast, b—d and w—e;
Is stor'd with rich soup, and good English sirloin.
Derry down, &c.
And dressers sprung out of the c-mm—n table;
Which instead of the usual repast, b—d and w—e;
Is stor'd with rich soup, and good English sirloin.
Derry down, &c.
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No fires, but what pure devotion could raise,
Till now had been known in this temple to blaze!
But, good Lord, how the neighbours around did admire,
When the chimney rose up in the room of a spire!
Derry down, &c.
Till now had been known in this temple to blaze!
But, good Lord, how the neighbours around did admire,
When the chimney rose up in the room of a spire!
Derry down, &c.
For a Jew many people the master mistook,
Whose Levites were scullions, whose high priest a cook;
And thought that he meant our religion to alter,
When they saw the burnt-offerings smoak at the altar.
Derry down, &c.
Whose Levites were scullions, whose high priest a cook;
And thought that he meant our religion to alter,
When they saw the burnt-offerings smoak at the altar.
Derry down, &c.
The bells solemn sound which was heard far and near,
And oft rous'd the chaplin unwilling to pray'r;
No more to good sermons now summon the sinner,
But, blasphemous, rings all the country to dinner.
Derry down, &c.
And oft rous'd the chaplin unwilling to pray'r;
No more to good sermons now summon the sinner,
But, blasphemous, rings all the country to dinner.
Derry down, &c.
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When my good lord the bishop had heard the strange story,
How the place was prophan'd, that was built to God's glory;
With zeal he cry'd out, “oh, how impious the deed,
To cram christians with pudding instead of the creed.”
Derry down, &c.
How the place was prophan'd, that was built to God's glory;
With zeal he cry'd out, “oh, how impious the deed,
To cram christians with pudding instead of the creed.”
Derry down, &c.
Then away to the Grove hied the church's protector,
Resolving to read his lay-brother a lecture;
But scarce had begun, when he saw plac'd before 'em,
An haunch piping hot from the sanctum sanctorum.
Derry down, &c.
Resolving to read his lay-brother a lecture;
But scarce had begun, when he saw plac'd before 'em,
An haunch piping hot from the sanctum sanctorum.
Derry down, &c.
“Troth,” quoth he, “I can find no great sin in the plan,
“What's useless to God, to make useful to man;
“Besides 'tis a true christian duty, we read,
“The poor and the hungry with good things to feed.”
Derry down, &c.
“What's useless to God, to make useful to man;
“Besides 'tis a true christian duty, we read,
“The poor and the hungry with good things to feed.”
Derry down, &c.
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Then again on the walls he bestow'd consecration,
But reserv'd the full right of a free visitation;
Thus 'tis the lord's house, only varied the treat,
Now there's meat without grace, where was grace without meat.
Derry down, &c.
But reserv'd the full right of a free visitation;
Thus 'tis the lord's house, only varied the treat,
Now there's meat without grace, where was grace without meat.
Derry down, &c.
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