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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AN ODE TO SIR CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS.
DEAR merry knight, whose sportive vein
Makes am'rous duchesses complain,
While peers stand titt'ring by:
Now since you've fairly crack'd your jest,
And Pegasus retires to rest,
Permit me to reply.
Makes am'rous duchesses complain,
While peers stand titt'ring by:
Now since you've fairly crack'd your jest,
And Pegasus retires to rest,
Permit me to reply.
And trust me, Charles, no real Muse
Such groveling pertness e'er could use,
To help a lame invention:
Virgins are always something shy,
And language that charms Hanbury,
Their lips disdain to mention.
Such groveling pertness e'er could use,
To help a lame invention:
Virgins are always something shy,
And language that charms Hanbury,
Their lips disdain to mention.
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But since you've found this easier road
To furnish out a wanton ode,
I'll readily submit;
Where Drury's dames the lays inspire,
Smut shall be styl'd poetic fire,
And bawdry shine for wit.
To furnish out a wanton ode,
I'll readily submit;
Where Drury's dames the lays inspire,
Smut shall be styl'd poetic fire,
And bawdry shine for wit.
Besides these nymphs are ready still
Your every pleasure to fulfil,
And ne'er with coyness tease ye:
But shy Apollo's tuneful train
Are skittish, fanciful, and vain,
And oft refuse to ease ye.
Your every pleasure to fulfil,
And ne'er with coyness tease ye:
But shy Apollo's tuneful train
Are skittish, fanciful, and vain,
And oft refuse to ease ye.
Prudent thy deed then, gentle knight,
Such squeamish goddesses to slight,
Since Needham's serve as well:
Their inspirations raise the song,
As loud, as lofty, and as long,
As thy own odes can tell.
Such squeamish goddesses to slight,
Since Needham's serve as well:
Their inspirations raise the song,
As loud, as lofty, and as long,
As thy own odes can tell.
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How sweet thy strains on Master Prior,
Of Dublin town, tar-water 'squire,
When pleas'd thy verse reveals
Each female fissure from below,
Whence fragrant streams abundant flow,
Resembling carmen's wheels!
Of Dublin town, tar-water 'squire,
When pleas'd thy verse reveals
Each female fissure from below,
Whence fragrant streams abundant flow,
Resembling carmen's wheels!
Equal thine odes, courageous knight,
Where the fair duchess feels thy spite,
For yielding to be bless'd:
How keen thy pointed satire shines!
While virtue swells the flowing lines,
In native beauty dress'd.
Where the fair duchess feels thy spite,
For yielding to be bless'd:
How keen thy pointed satire shines!
While virtue swells the flowing lines,
In native beauty dress'd.
Hence then, Apollo, with your skill,
Your Nine, your fountain, and your hill,
And learn your future distance:
Without such aids our verses flow,
As Charles's strains and these may show,
If Needham deigns assistance.
Your Nine, your fountain, and your hill,
And learn your future distance:
Without such aids our verses flow,
As Charles's strains and these may show,
If Needham deigns assistance.
But Hussey, frowning, shakes his cane,
And Charles flies trembling o'er the main
At Berlin long to tarry:
Oh, GEORGE, if pertness have the power
To make Him rise ambassadour,
Let Me be secretary!
And Charles flies trembling o'er the main
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Oh, GEORGE, if pertness have the power
To make Him rise ambassadour,
Let Me be secretary!
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