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The political and occasional poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Edited, with notes, by Sir George Young
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802-1839)

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Part I.
 I. 
I. A FREE TRANSLATION OF A LETTER FROM PRINCE HILT TO A FRIEND AT PARIS.
 II. 
II. CHANCERY MORALS.
 III. 
III. LETTERS TO ILLUSTRIOUS CHARACTERS.
 IV. 
IV. LETTERS TO ILLUSTRIOUS CHARACTERS.
 V. 
V. LOVE'S ETERNITY.
 VI. 
VI. A SONG OF IMPOSSIBILITIES.
 VII. 
VII. ODE TO THE CHANCELLOR.
 VIII. 
VIII. WISDOM OF THE GREAT COUNCIL. I.
 IX. 
IX. WISDOM OF THE GREAT COUNCIL. II.
 X. 
X. THE LAY OF THE CHEESE.
 XI. 
XI. ROYAL EDUCATION.
 XII. 
XII. THE CORONATION OF CHARLES X.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE CORONATION OF CHARLES X.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE LONDON UNIVERSITY.
 XV. 
XV. AN EPITAPH ON THE LATE KING OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
 XVII. 
XVII. THE CHAUNTS OF THE BRAZEN HEAD. II.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE CHAUNTS OF THE BRAZEN HEAD. III.
 XX. 
XX. THE DEATH OF CANNING.
 XXI. 
XXI. THE RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX.
 XXII. 
XXII. THE OUTS.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE RETROSPECT.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. BIGOTRY'S REMONSTRANCE.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. WATERLOO.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. MARS DISARMED BY LOVE.
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Part II.
 I. 
I. THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS.
 II. 
II. THE CONVERT.
 III. 
III. ODE TO POPULARITY.
 IV. 
IV. THE COMPLAINT OF LIBERTY.
 V. 
V. WHY AND WHEREFORE.
 VI. 
VI. KING ALFRED'S BOOK.
 VII. 
VII. INTENTIONS.
 VIII. 
VIII. THE BEGGAR'S PETITION.
 IX. 
IX. SPEECH OF THE IRISH SECRETARY IN DEFENCE OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT.
 X. 
X. SPEECH DELIVERED BY A WORTHY ALDERMAN, SEVERAL TIMES, IN COMMITTEE ON THE REFORM BILL.
 XI. 
XI. THE BILL, THE WHOLE BILL, AND NOTHING BUT THE BILL.
 XII. 
XII. REASONS FOR NOT RATTING.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE OLD TORY.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE YOUNG WHIG.
 XV. 
XV. ODE ADDRESSED TO THE RT. HON. POULETT THOMSON, ON HIS DISCOVERY OF THE FRUCTIFYING PRINCIPLE.
 XVI. 
XVI. THE DREAM OF A REPORTER.
 XVII. 
XVII. THE NEW LIGHT.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. LONG AGO.
 XIX. 
XIX. PLUS DE POLITIQUE.
 XX. 
XX. THE MAGIC BENCH.
 XXI. 
XXI. PLEDGES.
 XXII. 
XXII. HUME TRANSLATED.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE OLD SOLDIER.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. A CABINET CAROL.
 XXV. 
XXV. STANZAS.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. AN EPISTLE
 XXVII. 
XXVII. THE BEGGAR'S THANKS.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. A NURSERY SONG.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. STANZAS
 XXX. 
XXX. PATRIOT AND PLACEMAN.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. WHISTLE.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. THE ADIEUS OF WESTMINSTER.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. THIRTY-TWO AND THIRTY-THREE.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. THE WASHING OF THE BLACKAMOOR.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. MR. LITTLETON'S FRIENDSHIP.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. THE REMONSTRANCE.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. THE RUSSELL MELODIES.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. THE RUSSELL MELODIES.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. THE RUSSELL MELODIES.
 XL. 
XL. THE RUSSELL MELODIES.
 XLI. 
XLI. THE RUSSELL MELODIES.
 XLII. 
XLII. THE RUSSELL MELODIES.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. MAXIMS.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. THE SONG OF THE NURSE.
 XLV. 
XLV. THE STATE OF THE NATION.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. A MEMBER'S MUSINGS.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. COUNSELS OF A FATHER TO HIS SON.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. THE WHISPERS OF THE RUE RIVOLI.
 XLIX. 
XLIX. THE FALSE REPORT.
 L. 
L. A FAMILIAR EPISTLE.
 LI. 
LI. COLLOQUIES OF THE CANONGATE.
 LII. 
LII. THE LATE RESIGNATIONS.
 LIII. 
LIII. THE SONG OF THE BELLS.
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Part III.
 I. 
I THE CONTESTED ELECTION.
 II. 
II. THE POLITICAL DRAWING-ROOM.
 III. 
III. THE TREASURY BENCH.

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XLVIII. THE WHISPERS OF THE RUE RIVOLI.

“He points to Lord Durham in the salons, and whispers, ‘That is the man!’”—Morning Post.

Who will come to the place some day—
The pleasant place, where dear Lord Grey
Just now so tenderly feeds some dozens
Of patriot sons and patriot cousins?
Who from the national purse will draw
All that is left by his father-in-law?
Who will end what Grey began?
That is the man! That is the man!
Who in due time will make of me,
Though in the city I may be
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“Very discreditably known,”
Because of my share in a certain loan,
Who in due time will make me yet
A member of the Cabinet,
Ruling with him his dark divan?
That is the man! That is the man!
Who, though I ought with Hume and Co.
To have shrunk into privacy long ago,
Will bring me the book, over whose long leaves
Honest Lord Althorp growls and grieves,
The ledger of the bankrupt state,
That I may carefully calculate
And glean from the ruin all I can?
That is the man! That is the man!
Who will saunter to Court, and sing
A pretty song to our Lord the King,
Of peers in treason foul arrayed,
Of wicked plots by bishops laid,
Of loyalty spouting from Radical Clubs,
Of piety driven to preach from tubs?
Who will Royalty's wits trepan?
That is the man! That is the man!
Who by and by, when a maiden Queen
Shall on our tottering throne be seen,
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All too weak to stem the storm
Which we philosophers call “Reform”—
Who will condescend to hold
Robe of state and sceptre of gold,
Leaving her Majesty frock and fan?
That is the man! That is the man!
Who will abolish the mitre and crown,
And pull the Church and the Palace down?
Who will burn, at the public charge,
The Bible and Prayer-book and statutes at large?
Who will annul and annihilate quite
All the old maxims of wrong and right,
And govern the world on a nice new plan?
That is the man! That is the man!
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