All the talents' garland or, A few rockets let off at a celebrated ministry. Including Elijah's mantle, the Uti Possidetis, and other poems of the same author. By eminent political characters. The third edition, greatly enlarged [by E. A. Barrett] |
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ALL THE TALENTS, &c. |
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ALL THE TALENTS, &c.
When the broad-bottom'd Junto, with reason at strife,
Resign'd, with a sigh, its political life;
When converted to Rome, and of honesty tir'd,
They gave back to the Devil the soul he inspir'd;
Resign'd, with a sigh, its political life;
When converted to Rome, and of honesty tir'd,
They gave back to the Devil the soul he inspir'd;
The Dæmon of Faction, that over them hung,
In accents of horror their epitaph sung;
While Pride and Venality join'd in the stave,
And canting Democracy wept at the grave.
In accents of horror their epitaph sung;
While Pride and Venality join'd in the stave,
And canting Democracy wept at the grave.
“Here lies in the tomb that we hollow'd for Pitt,
“Consistence of Grenville, of Temple the wit;
“Of Sidmouth the firmness; the temper of Grey,
“And Treasurer Sheridan's promise to pay.
“Consistence of Grenville, of Temple the wit;
“Of Sidmouth the firmness; the temper of Grey,
“And Treasurer Sheridan's promise to pay.
“Here Petty's finance, from the evils to come,
“With Fitzpatrick's sobriety, creeps to the tomb;
“And Chancellor Ego, now left in the lurch,
“Neither dines with the Jordan, nor whines for the church.
“With Fitzpatrick's sobriety, creeps to the tomb;
“And Chancellor Ego, now left in the lurch,
“Neither dines with the Jordan, nor whines for the church.
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“Then huzza for the Party that here is at rest,
“By the fools of a faction regretted and blest;
“Tho' they sleep with the Devil, yet their's is the hope,
“On the downfall of Britain, to rise with the Pope.”
“By the fools of a faction regretted and blest;
“Tho' they sleep with the Devil, yet their's is the hope,
“On the downfall of Britain, to rise with the Pope.”
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