The West Country Garland Selected From the Writings of the Poets of Devon And C
The West Country Garland Selected From the Writings of the Poets of Devon And C
Richard Nicholls Worth
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I think the thing you call Renown, The unsubstantial vapour, For which the soldier burns a town, The sonnetteer a taper, Is like the mist which, as he flies, The horseman leaves behind him ; He cannot mark its wreaths arise, Or if he does, they blind him. I think one nod of mistress Chance Makes creditors of debtors, And shifts the funeral for the dance, The sceptre for the fetters ; I think that Fortune's favour'd guest May live to gnaw the platters, And he that wears the purple vest May wear ...the rags and tatters. I think the Tories love to buy "Your Lordships" and "your Graces" By loathing common honesty, And lauding common-places ; THE CHANT OF THE BRA/. EX HEAD. 113 I think that some are very wise, And some are very funny, And some grow rich by telling lies, And some by telling money. I think the Whigs are wicked knaves, And very like the Tories, Who doubt that Britain rules the waves, And ask the price of glories ; I think that many fret and fume At what their friends are planning, And Mr.
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