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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AN ODE
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HONOURABLE HENRY FOX,
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AN ODE TO THE HONOURABLE HENRY FOX,
On the Marriage of the Duchess of Manchester to Edward Hussey, Esq. afterwards Lord Beaulieu.
CLIO, behold this glorious day,
The zephyrs blow, the sun looks gay,
The sky one perfect blue;
Can you refuse at such a time,
When Fox and I both beg for rhyme,
To sing us something new?
The zephyrs blow, the sun looks gay,
The sky one perfect blue;
Can you refuse at such a time,
When Fox and I both beg for rhyme,
To sing us something new?
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The goddess smil'd, and thus begun:
“I've got a fav'rite theme, my son,
“I'll sing the conquer'd Duchess;
“I'll sing of that disdainful fair,
“Who, 'scap'd from Scotch and English snare,
“Is fast in Irish clutches.
“I've got a fav'rite theme, my son,
“I'll sing the conquer'd Duchess;
“I'll sing of that disdainful fair,
“Who, 'scap'd from Scotch and English snare,
“Is fast in Irish clutches.
“Fall'n is her pow'r, her sway is o'er,
“She'll be no more ador'd, no more
“Shine forth the public care:
“Oh! what a falling off is here,
“From her whose frowns made wisdom fear,
“Whose scorn begot despair!
“She'll be no more ador'd, no more
“Shine forth the public care:
“Oh! what a falling off is here,
“From her whose frowns made wisdom fear,
“Whose scorn begot despair!
“Wide was the extent of her commands,
“O'er fertile fields, o'er barren sands
“She stretch'd her haughty reign:
“The coxcomb, fool, and man of sense,
“Youth, manhood, age, and impotence,
“With pride receiv'd her chain.
“O'er fertile fields, o'er barren sands
“She stretch'd her haughty reign:
“The coxcomb, fool, and man of sense,
“Youth, manhood, age, and impotence,
“With pride receiv'd her chain.
“Here Leicester offer'd brutal love,
“Here gentle Carberry gently strove
“With sighs to fan desire;
“Here Churchill snor'd his hours away,
“Here too Charles Stanhope every day
“Sat out her Grace's fire.
“Here gentle Carberry gently strove
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“Here Churchill snor'd his hours away,
“Here too Charles Stanhope every day
“Sat out her Grace's fire.
“Here constant Dicky too we saw
“Kneeling with reverential awe,
“T' adore his high-flown chotce;
“Where you, my Fox, have pass'd whole days,
“Forgetting king's and people's praise,
“Deaf to ambition's voice.
“Kneeling with reverential awe,
“T' adore his high-flown chotce;
“Where you, my Fox, have pass'd whole days,
“Forgetting king's and people's praise,
“Deaf to ambition's voice.
“What clothes you'd made! how fine you drest!
“What Dresden China for your feast!
“But I'll no longer tease you;
“Yet 'tis a truth you can't deny,
“Tho' Lady Caroline is nigh,
“And does not look quite easy.
“What Dresden China for your feast!
“But I'll no longer tease you;
“Yet 'tis a truth you can't deny,
“Tho' Lady Caroline is nigh,
“And does not look quite easy.
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“But careful heaven reserv'd her grace
“For one of the Milesian race,
“On stronger parts depending;
“Nature, indeed, denies them sense,
“But gives them legs and impudence,
“That beats all understanding.
“For one of the Milesian race,
“On stronger parts depending;
“Nature, indeed, denies them sense,
“But gives them legs and impudence,
“That beats all understanding.
“Which to accomplish, Hussey came,
“Op'ning before the noble dame
“His honourable trenches;
“Nor of rebukes or frowns afraid,
“He push'd his way (he knew his trade),
“And won the place by inches.
“Op'ning before the noble dame
“His honourable trenches;
“Nor of rebukes or frowns afraid,
“He push'd his way (he knew his trade),
“And won the place by inches.
“Look down, St. Patrick! with success
“Like Hussey's all the Irish bless,
“May they all do as he does;
“And still preserve their breed the same,
“Cast in his mould, made in his frame,
“To comfort English widows.”
“Like Hussey's all the Irish bless,
“May they all do as he does;
“And still preserve their breed the same,
“Cast in his mould, made in his frame,
“To comfort English widows.”
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