Poems on Several Occasions ... To which is added, the Plague of Wealth, Occasion'd By the Author's receiving fifty Pounds from his Excellency the Lord Carteret, for the foremention'd Ode. With several Poems not in the Dublin Edition. By Matthew Pilkington. Revised by the Reverend Dr. Swift |
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Ad CÆDITIANUM. De Imagine M. Antonii Primi.
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Ad CÆDITIANUM. De Imagine M. Antonii Primi.
V. Martialis, Epig.
The Same Imitated.
On the Picture of William Caulfield, late Lord Viscount Charlemont.
Whose Picture's this, you ask, replete,
With all that's Gen'rous, Good and Great,
Where Art hath crowded ev'ry Grace
Which constitutes a noble Face?
With all that's Gen'rous, Good and Great,
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Which constitutes a noble Face?
Such Caulfield was, such Charms he wore
When Youth his Cheeks vermillion'd o'er,
Tho' Time, that ev'ry Form impairs,
Had crown'd his Head with silver Hairs,
In this, we see his Bloom survive,
And ev'ry Charm preserv'd alive.
When Youth his Cheeks vermillion'd o'er,
Tho' Time, that ev'ry Form impairs,
Had crown'd his Head with silver Hairs,
In this, we see his Bloom survive,
And ev'ry Charm preserv'd alive.
Cou'd Art some nice Contrivance find
To paint the Beauties of his Mind,
Those Godlike Virtues which we trace
Thro' all his heav'nly-temper'd Race,
A lov'lier Piece the World wou'd own,
Cou'd ne'er to mortal Eyes be shown.
To paint the Beauties of his Mind,
Those Godlike Virtues which we trace
Thro' all his heav'nly-temper'd Race,
A lov'lier Piece the World wou'd own,
Cou'd ne'er to mortal Eyes be shown.
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