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“The last best energy of noble mind*; "Revere thy father's shade; like him disdain "The tame, the timid, temporizing train, "Awake to seif, to social interest blind: "Young as thou art, occasion calls; "Thy country's scale or mounts or falls "As thou and thy compatriots strive; "Scarce is the fatal moment past

"That trembling ALBION deem'd her last: "O! knit the union firm, and bid an empire live!

VII.

"Proceed, and vindicate fair Freedom's claim; "Give life, give strength, give substance to her name: “The native rights of man with Fraud contest ; "Yes, snatch them from Corruption's baleful power, "Who dares, in day's broad eye, those rights devour, "While prelates bow, and bless the harpy feast. "If foil'd at first, resume thy course,

"Rise strengthen'd with ANTEAN force;

"So shall thy toil in conquest end. "Let others court the tinsel things

"That hang upon the simile of kings,

"Be thine the muse's wreath; be thou the people's friend."

{* In allusion to a fine apd well-known passage in MILTON's Lycidas.

"Sole energy of many a lordly mind: "Revere the shade of BUTE, subservient still "To the high dictates of the Royal will; "Awake to self, to social interest blind. "Young as thou art, occasion calls; Prerogative or mounts or falls

"As thou and thy compatriots * strive: "Scarce is the fatal moment past

"Which Secret Influence deem'd her last; "O! save th' expiring fiend, and bid her empire live!

VIL.

"Proceed!-Uphold Prerogative's high claim, "Give life, give strength, give substance to her name! "The rights divine of Kings with Whigs contest; "Save them from Freedom's bold encroaching hand, "Who dares, in day's broad eye, those rights withstand, "And be by Bishops thy endeavours bless'd!" If foil'd at first, resume thy course,

Whilst I, though writing worse and worse,

Thy glorious efforts will record;

Let others seek by other ways,

The public's unavailing praise,

Be mine the BUTT OF SACK-be thou the TREASURY'S LORD!

Messrs. JENKINSON, ROBINSON, DUNDAS, &c. &e.

THE STATESMEN:

AN ECLOGUE.

LANSDOWNE.

WHILE on the Treasury-bench you, PITT, recline,
And make men wonder at each vast design;
I, hapless man, my harsher fate deplore,
Ordain'd to view the regal face no more ;
That face which erst on me with rapture glow'd,
And smiles responsive to my smiles bestow'd:
But now the Court I leave, my native home,
"A banish'd mau, condemn'd in woods to roam;"
While you to senates, BRUNSWICK's maudates give,
And teach white-wands to chant his high prerogative. 10

PITT.

O LANSDOWNE! 't was a more than mortal pow'r
My fate controll'd, in that auspicious hour,

THE STATESMEN.] It will be unnecessary to inform the classical reader, that this Eclogue evidently commences as an imitation of the 1st of Virgil the Author, however, with a boldness perfectly characteristic of the personages he was to represent, has in the progress of his work carefully avoided every thing like a too close adherence to his original design.

Line 8.-A banish'd man, &c.] Vide the noble Marquis's celebrated Speech, on the no less celebrated IRISH PROPOSITIONS.

When TEMPLE deign'd the dread decree to bring,
And stammer'd out the Firmaun of the King:
'That pow'r I'll worship as my household god,
Shrink at his frown, and bow beneath his nod;
At every feast his presence I'll invoke,
For him my kitchen fires shall ever smoke.
Not mighty HASTINGS, whose illustrious breath
Can bid a RAJAH live, or give him death,

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Though back'd by SCOTT, by BARWELL, PALK, and all The sable squadron scowling from BEngal;

Not the bold Chieftain of the tribe of PHIPPS,

Whose head is scarce less handsome than his ship's;

Not bare-breech'd GRAHAM, nor bare-witted Rose, 25
Nor the GREAT LAWYER with the LITTLE NOSE;
Not even VILLIERS' self shall welcome be,
To dine so oft, or dine so well, as he.

LANSDOWNE.

Think not these sighs denote one thought unkind;
Wonder, not Envy, occupies my mind;

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Line 14. And stammer'd out the FIRMAUN, &C.] When a language happens to be deficient in a word to express a particular idea, it has been ever customary to borrow one from some good-natured neighbour, who may happen to be more liberally furnished. Our Author, unfortunately, could find no nation nearer than TURKEY, that was able to supply him with an expression perfectly apposite to the sentiment intended to be here conveyed.

Line 25.-Not bare-breech'd GRAHAM.] His Lordship, some time since, brought in a bill to relieve his countrymen from those habiliments which in ENGLAND are deemed a necessary appendage to decorum, but among our more northern brethren are considered as a degrading shackle upon natural liberty. Perhaps, as the noble Lord was then on the point of marriage, he might intend this offering of his epima spolia as an elegant compliment to HYMEN.

For well I wot, on that unhappy day,
When BRITAIN mourn'd an empire giv'n away,
When rude impeachments menac'd from afar,
And what gave peace to FRANCE-to us was war;
For awful vengeance Heav'n appear'd to call,
And agonizing Nature mark'd our fall.

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Dire change! DUNDAS's cheek with blushes glow'd,
GRENVILLE was dumb, MAHON no frenzy show'd;
Though DRAKE harangu'd, no slumber GILBERT fear'd,
And MULGRAVE's mouth like other mouths appear'd; 40
In vain had BELLAMY prepar'd the meat,

In vain the porter-BAMBER could not eat;
When BURKE arose, no yell the curs began,
And ROLLE, for once, half-seem'd a gentleman:
Then name this god, for to ST. JAMES'S Court
Nor gods nor angels often make resort.

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PITT.

In early youth, misled by Honour's rules,
That fancied Deity of dreaming fools,
I simply thought (forgive the rash mistake)
That Kings should govern for their People's sake:
But Reverend JENKY soon these thoughts supprest,
And drove the glittering phantom from my breast;

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Line 51.-But Reverend JENKY.] Our Author here, in some measure deviating from his usual perspicuity, has left us in doubt whether the term Reverend is applied to the years or to the profession of the gentleman intended to be complimented. His long experience in the secrets of the CRITICAL REVIEW and BUCKINGHAM HOUSE would well justify the former supposition; yet his early admission into DEACON'S ORDERS will equally support the latter: our readers, therefore, must decide, while we can only sincerely exult in His Majesty's enjoyment of a man

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