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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THE ONE TALENT WANTING. |
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THE ONE TALENT WANTING.
That Sheridan's talents, all see without winking—He's a talent to talk, and a talent for drinking;
He's a talent for wit, and a talent for sense,
And a talent for spending all other men's pence:
He's a talent to say—Burdett's like a Howard;
But to make that appear, he finds that it's now hard:
He's a talent, we all know, for writing a play;
But the talent he wants—is the talent to pay.
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