The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot] ... With a Copious Index. To which is prefixed Some Account of his Life. In Four Volumes |
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TO GARRARD.
The Poet uttereth very handsome Things of Mr. Garrard—and adviseth him to support his prover Dignity, and despise the academic Honours.
Garrard, thou Myron of the age,
Whose works the eye of Taste engage,
Where is thy cattle, that delight affords?—
What, none!—Now, Garrard, to be free,
More pleas'd, indeed, am I to see
A thinking bull's head than a thoughtless lord's!
Whose works the eye of Taste engage,
Where is thy cattle, that delight affords?—
What, none!—Now, Garrard, to be free,
More pleas'd, indeed, am I to see
A thinking bull's head than a thoughtless lord's!
Refus'd the academic crown,
Thou losest nothing of renown:—
Trust to true genius, which thou dost inherit—
Beyond the reach of Envy's breath,
The cold, the chilling blast of Death,
For ever warring with the blooms of Merit.
Thou losest nothing of renown:—
Trust to true genius, which thou dost inherit—
Beyond the reach of Envy's breath,
The cold, the chilling blast of Death,
For ever warring with the blooms of Merit.
Th' Academy (ah! fie upon her!)
Can now confer no crown of honour;
She asks submission mean, and oaths most hearty—
She hunts not for ingenious folk—
The pencil's pow'rs are now a joke—
She only wants a tool to serve a party.
Can now confer no crown of honour;
She asks submission mean, and oaths most hearty—
She hunts not for ingenious folk—
The pencil's pow'rs are now a joke—
She only wants a tool to serve a party.
In vain thou knockest at the door;
Knock at th' Academy no more,
And to such small ambition bid adieu:—
Who on a mouse's paltry hole
Would fix the wishes of his soul,
While Fame's fair temple opens to his view?
Knock at th' Academy no more,
And to such small ambition bid adieu:—
Who on a mouse's paltry hole
Would fix the wishes of his soul,
While Fame's fair temple opens to his view?
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