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On HANS BALLIE,
Esq; of the City of Dublin.
The envious all concur to aim
Their arrows at superior fame;
To shoot at glory, and bring down
All virtues level with their own:
But as the sun's refulgent light
Dazzles the most accurate sight,
Exalted to a noble pitch,
Men may admire, but cannot reach;
So Hans, adorning worth with state,
Stands as a monument elate,
For all the great to imitate.
Ev'n Envy's dumb, she smoothes her brow,
Languid all her vipers now;
Unable, or to wound his fame,
Or blast the glories of his name.
Their arrows at superior fame;
To shoot at glory, and bring down
All virtues level with their own:
But as the sun's refulgent light
Dazzles the most accurate sight,
Exalted to a noble pitch,
Men may admire, but cannot reach;
So Hans, adorning worth with state,
Stands as a monument elate,
For all the great to imitate.
Ev'n Envy's dumb, she smoothes her brow,
Languid all her vipers now;
Unable, or to wound his fame,
Or blast the glories of his name.
London long view'd, with just applause,
This manly patron of the laws;
Extoll'd his glory to the stars,
And wish'd th' Hibernian consul her's.
This manly patron of the laws;
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And wish'd th' Hibernian consul her's.
May second Ballies always fill
Th' illustrious chair of Dublin still;
May they, with Hans's worth endow'd,
Grow eminent by being good;
Like him by all as well approv'd,
As much admir'd, as much belov'd.
Th' illustrious chair of Dublin still;
May they, with Hans's worth endow'd,
Grow eminent by being good;
Like him by all as well approv'd,
As much admir'd, as much belov'd.
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