Leaves of Laurel Or New Probationary Odes for the Vacant Laureatship
Leaves of Laurel Or New Probationary Odes for the Vacant Laureatship
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I see thy Wells ; yet cannot see • ( Thine old Grimaldi — Ah ! the senior's gone, * ( And we are censur'd by his son alone. " Tis sad, at Sadler's Wells, that bards, that we, " Should strive for laurels with small honour worn : " And yet I know not, if by I — ch — 's bank " Greater my honour, or more high my rank : " Then should this water-scene of strife be borne j " Then should I droop o'er P — 's suburban bier, " And shed the tuneful tributary tear : " 1 will And oli ! if rivals throw me bac...k, " And snatch the bays — be mine the butt of sack !" * Alluding to the known story of" Alexander's Feast" having been composed by Dryden in. One night. LEAVES OF LAUREL. 13 Grimaldi grew angry; but, just as he frown'd, From the judge a dry poet more sympathy found. " With tatter'd Gown, and Hair that loosely flies, " Down Pinner Lanes the Muse of Monarchs hies ; " The Birth-day Muse has lost her darling Son, " For P — e, James P — e, the Poet Laureat's gone. " The Village Hinds assemble round his Bier, " And Richard Wilkins sheds the tenderest Tear.
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