The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed With a Memoir by the Rev. Derwent Coleridge. Fourth Edition. In Two Volumes |
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LINES WRITTEN UNDER A PORTRAIT OF LORD MAYO, DRAWN BY THE QUEEN.
A courtier of the nobler sort,
A Christian of the purer school;—
Tory, when Whigs are great at Court,
And Protestant, when Papists rule;
A Christian of the purer school;—
Tory, when Whigs are great at Court,
And Protestant, when Papists rule;
Prompt to support the Monarch's crown,
As prompt to dry the poor man's tears;
Yet fearing not the Premier's frown,
And seeking not the rabble's cheers;
As prompt to dry the poor man's tears;
Yet fearing not the Premier's frown,
And seeking not the rabble's cheers;
Still ready,—favoured or disgraced,—
To do the right, to speak the true;—
The Artist who these features traced
A better Subject never knew!
To do the right, to speak the true;—
The Artist who these features traced
A better Subject never knew!
November, 1833.
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