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Quoth one, A rarer man than you

'In pulpit none shall hear:

'But yet, methinks, to tell

you true,

'You sell it plaguy dear.'

Oh, why are farmers made so coarse,
Or clergy made so fine!

A kick, that scarce would move a horse,

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Then let the boobies stay at home;

'Twould cost him, I dare say,

Less trouble taking twice the sum,
Without the clowns that pay.

ADDRESSED TO

HENRY COWPER, ESQ.

ON HIS EMPHATICAL AND INTERESTING DELIVERY OF THe defenCE OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQ. IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

COWPER, whose silver voice, tasked sometimes hard, Legends prolix delivers in the ears

(Attentive when thou readest) of England's peers,

Let verse at length yield thee thy just reward. Thou wast not heard with drowsy disregard,

Expending late on all that length of plea
Thy generous powers, but silence honoured thee
Mute as ever gazed on Orator or Bard.

Thou art not voice alone, but hast beside

Both heart and head; and could'st with music

sweet

Of attic phrase and senatorial tone,

Like thy renowned forefathers, far and wide Thy fame diffuse, praised not for utterance meet Of others' speech, but magic of thy own.

LINES ADDRESSED TO

DR. DARWIN,

AUTHOR OF

"THE BOTANIC GARDEN."

Two Poets," (poets, by report,

Not oft so well agree)

Sweet Harmonist of Flora's court!

Conspire to honour Thee.

They best can judge a poet's worth,

Who oft themselves have known

The pangs of a poetic birth

By labours of their own.

We therefore pleased extol thy song

Though various yet complete,

Rich in embellishment as strong,

And learned as it is sweet.

Alluding to the poem by Mr. Hayley, which accompanied this.

No envy mingles with our praise,

Though, could our hearts repine At any poet's happier lays,

They would-they must at thine.

But we, in mutual bondage knit
Of friendship's closest tie,

Can gaze on even Darwin's wit

With an unjaundiced eye;

And deem the bard, whoever he be,

And howsoever known,

Who would not twine a wreath for Thee,

Unworthy of his own.

ON

MRS. MONTAGUE'S

FEATHER-HANGINGS.

THE Birds put off their every hue

To dress a room for Montague.

The Peacock sends his heavenly dyes, His rainbows and his starry eyes;

The pheasant, plumes, which round infold His mantling neck with downy gold;

The Cock, his arched tail's azure show; And, river blanched, the Swan, his snow. All tribes beside of Indian name,

That glossy shine or vivid flame,

Where rises and where sets the day,
Whatever they boast of rich and gay,
Contribute to the gorgeous plan,

Proud to advance it all they can.

This plumage neither dashing shower,

Nor blasts, that shake the dripping bower,

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