ON RECEIVING FROM THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY FRANCES SHIRLEY* A STANDISH AND TWO PENS. YES, I beheld th' Athenian queen "Secure the radiant weapons wield; "And if a vice dares keep the field, "This steel shall stab it to the heart." Aw'd, on my bended knees I fell, 5 Receiv'd the weapons of the sky; 10 And dipt them in the sable well, The fount of fame or infamy. "What well? what weapon? (Flavia cries) "A standish, steel and golden pen! Fourth daughter of Earl Ferrers. "It "It came from Bertrand's, not the skies; "I gave it you to write again. "But, friend, take heed whom you attack; "You'll bring a house (I mean of peers) "Red, blue, and green, nay white and black, "Land all about your ears. "You'd write as smooth again on glass, "And run, on ivory, so glib, "As not to stick at fool or ass, "Nor stop at flattery or fib. "Athenian queen! and sober charms ! "I tell ye, fool, there's nothing in't: " 'Tis Venus, Venus gives these arms; "In Dryden's Virgil see the print. "Come, if you'll be a quiet soul, "That dares tell neither truth nor lies, "I'll list you in the harmless roll "Of those that sing of these poor eyes." VER. 15. Bertrand's,] A famous toy-shop at Bath.. 15 20 25 30 1740. A POEM. a O WRETCHED aB · - - -, jealous now of all, What God, what mortal, shall prevent thy fall? Turn, turn thy eyes from wicked men in place, And see what succour from the patriot race. C. Made just for him, as other fools for kings; Controls, decides, insults thee every hour, Thro' clouds of passion P--'s views are clear, He foams a patriot to subside a peer ; C Grave, righteous S- joggs on till, past belief, He finds himself companion with a thief. Το purge and let thee blood, with fire and sword, Is all the help stern S-- wou'd afford. 6 ΤΟ 16 That those who bind and rob thee, would not kill, Good Chopes, and candidly sits still. a Britain. 4 Shippen. Of c Sandy's. b Cobham. Of' Ch-s W No more than of - who speaks at all, Sir Har-y or Sir P... 20 Whose names once up, they thought it was not wrong To lie in bed, but sure they lay too long. h 1G -- r, C-m, B-t, pay thee due regards, Unless the ladies bid them mind their cards. Andi C - d who speaks so well and writes, Whose wit and must needs equally provoke one, Finds thee, at best, the butt to crack his joke on. k Then urg'd by C-t, or by C--t stopt, Inflam'd by 'P--, and by P`- dropt; They follow rev'rently each wond'rous wight, 25 30 35 Hiss if he hiss, and if he slumber, sleep. Till having done whate'er was fit or fine, Utter'd a speech, and ask'd their friends to dine; f Sir Charles Hanbury Williams. Sir Henry Oxenden and Sir Paul Methuen. i Lord Chesterfield. k Lord Carteret. William Pulteney, created in 1742 Earl of Bath. 40 Yearly 313 Yearly defeated, yearly hopes they give, Spite of thyself a glorious minister ! At length to B kind, as to thy... - Tho' still he travels on no bad pretence, P Or those foul copies of thy face and tongue, Veracious W --- and frontless ' Young; Sagacious Bub, so late a friend, and there 9 t 45 50 35 So late a foe, yet more sagacious H - - - ? How! what can * O. w, what can D... - The wisdom of the one and other chair, 60 N... m Walpole. "Either Sir Robert's brother Horace, who had just quitted his embassy at the Hague, or his son Horace, who was then on his travels. • W. Winnington. r P Sir William Young. Probably Hare, Bishop of Chichester. t Hinton. "Blackburn, Archbishop of York, and Hoadley, Bishop of Winchester. * Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Earl of Delawar, Chairman of the Committees of the House of Lords. |