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 Lord BUCKHO RSE. ' 
 
 O ! mihi tarn longoi maneat pars ultima vitc?^ 
 SpirituSy et qiianiiitn fat erit tua dicere faSla ! 
 
 ViRG. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE, 
 Printed by Fletcher and Hod son: 
 
 And lold by J. Dodsley, in Pail-Mall j S Crowder, in Pater-Noftcr-Row' ; 
 J. Almon, in Piccadilly ; and M. Hingeston, near Temple -Bar, London. 
 
 MDCCLXVII.
 
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 * 
 
 T O -^-^/^ 
 
 Lord BUCKHORSE, '^ 
 
 IN VENERATION 
 
 OF H IS LORDSHI P's 
 
 PATRIOTIC VIRTUES, 
 
 THE FOLLOWING POEM 
 
 IS MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED, 
 
 BY HIS LORDSHIP'S 
 
 MOST DEVOTED, 
 
 MOSTOBLIGED, 
 AND MOST OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, 
 
 Camhidge, THEAUTHOR. 
 
 1767. 
 
 835739
 
 ( 5 ) 
 
 To Lord BUCKHORSE. 
 
 ^TTTHILE you, my Lord^ great Drury\ Weal fuftain, 
 
 Light ev'ry Walk, and open all the Lane, 
 With Strength of Arm plead Black- boy AUey\ Caufc, 
 Adorn with Manners, and improve with Laws ; 
 Much would the Public fufFcr from the Song 
 That dar'd^ O Buckhorse, to detain thee long. 
 
 When Alhd's. warlike Sons of Yore, 
 Held fagc Debate on Tyber s Shore, 
 
 • Vide HoR. Epift. i. Lib. i. Cum tot fuftiueas, (^c. 
 
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 A patriot Captain, of Banditti 
 
 Was made their Chairman of Committee, 
 And plann d great Rome's imperial City : 
 Where now, inOirin'd among the Gods, 
 With Joy he views, from Heav'n's Abodes, 
 Meek Cardinals, and Jioly Fryars, 
 For Learning fam'd, and chafte Defires, 
 Seafon the tender Minds of Youth 
 With Virtue, Liberty, and Truth : 
 Like him confign'd to glorious Reft 
 Amid the Regions of the Bleft^ 
 Ko lefs, in thefe dcgen'rate Days, 
 A pious Knight demands our Praife, 
 Who, from an ardent Love of Knowledge, 
 Bequeath'd his Wealth to found a College. 
 And much we wifh, my Lord, that you 
 Such bright Examples would purfue, 
 
 Build
 
 ( 7 ) 
 
 Build here Ibmc noble rich Foundation, 
 
 And form a Plan of Education 
 
 To mend the Morals of the Nation ; 
 
 Vifit yourfclf your own Afylum, 
 
 Statutes and wholfome Laws, compile 'em_, 
 
 Nor fuffer Blfliops to embroil 'cm ; 
 
 Corrcdl their Manners, not fo gently 
 
 As Fame reports of Doctor B-ntl-v, 
 
 But at th' Elcdlion of their Stewards, 
 
 Accept, my Lord, my Thoughts In few Words: 
 
 If feme important dull Logician, 
 
 Smit by the Daemon of Ambition, 
 
 In pedant Politics officious 
 
 For MachJavel quits Burgerfdiclus ; 
 
 Or like the great Men's Nomcnclator 
 
 Tom Turbulent, that meddling Prater, 
 
 WitK
 
 ( 8 ) 
 
 With Pcrtncfs, Pride, and Mcannefs join'd 
 
 To vacant Head, and reftlefs Mind, 
 
 O'er thefe calm Realms^ whence Science fprings^ 
 
 Bids Difcord wave her baleful WingSj 
 
 Thefe bleft Abodes in Ferment puts— — » 
 
 Give him a Driver in the Guts, 
 
 And make fuch fadtious, ill-bred Chuckles, 
 
 P-evere the Influence of your Knuckles ; 
 
 Thus all their Feuds and Tumults quell. 
 
 And Peace reftore to Ifrael : 
 
 So may the Swans of Camus raife 
 
 Their tuneful Throats to chaunt thy Praife, 
 
 ^ Gra?ita her Lift of Worthies crowning 
 
 With Names of Buckhorse and of Downing. 
 
 • Vide Commem. Benefaft. 
 
 Bacchus
 
 ( ) 
 * Bacchus, when India was o'crcome, 
 And War compos'd by Wine and Rum, 
 (Which, you'll confers yoiirfelf, my Lord, 
 Is better far than Fire and Sword) 
 To Egypt wentj as rich as thofe 
 Who've feiz'd a Nabob by the Nofe ; 
 And there, as ancient Bards relate, 
 Purchas'd a ruin'd 'Squire's Eftatc ; 
 Rubb'd up the Family Chateau, 
 Whofe Front three Window- Lights could flicW' 
 — The reft were dark'ned long ago : 
 There foon, by Jollity and Bounty,,. 
 Gain'd Int'rcft both in Town and County ; 
 
 * Vitl. Dionyf. de fitu Orbis, lin. 1155. 
 
 Cur'd
 
 ( 'O ) 
 
 Cur'd an old May'r of drinking Water, 
 Sung Catches with his Wife and Daughter, 
 Sent Ven'son, which was kindly taken, 
 "" And Woodcocks, which they boil'd with Bacon ; 
 Created honorary Freemen, 
 
 Gave Toafts, and fwallow'd more than three Men, 
 Granted, from fatherly AfFedlion, 
 To cv'ry Voter his Protcdlion, 
 Got drunk, and carry'd his Eleftion ; 
 A Work, my Lord, which all the World, next Year, 
 Expedl from you_, and many a Patriot Peer. 
 Pollux, my Lord, and Castor too, 
 Were Bruifers both renown'd like you, 
 
 * ^aq-j ipfe iniferrima vidi. Virg. 
 
 Were
 
 ( " ) 
 
 Were known at Cockpits, Fairs, and Races, 
 And bore their Links at public Places ; 
 Now turn'd to heav'nly Conftcllations, 
 Purfue their ancient Occupations : 
 Yet all thefe Heroes grew dejed:cd, 
 When Favours they in Life expedlcd. 
 Due to their Merits, were neglecfled. 
 For as our Eyes from far furvey, 
 Well-plcas'd, the glorious Lamp of Day, 
 Whofe near approaching Lines of Light 
 O'erpow'r and wound our aching Sight ; 
 So Virtue, which offends when near, 
 Plac'd at a Diftancc we revere, 
 And Patriots never, 'till removed,. 
 Or quite cxtin(5l, arc prais'd and lov'd. 
 
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 E'en
 
 ( 12 .) 
 
 E*en He who cover'd witli the Hide is 
 
 Oi Lion Hain, the great Alcides, 
 
 Who criifh'd the Hjdra, and^' what's more, 
 
 Subdu'd a Dragon and a Boary 
 
 {WoiTe than the Beaft wlio ravag d long 
 
 The peaceful Vales of Gevaucla?i) 
 
 Who clcar'd the Mews of King Augeas^ 
 
 Stupendous Work ! and made fo free as 
 
 'i' To kick fuch Jockeys from his Stable^ 
 
 As now, by gambling Tricks, are able 
 
 To treat whole Boroughs at their Table ; 
 
 Who, when a Child in Cradle laid, 
 
 On Necks of Snakes his Strength difplay'd, 
 
 * Vid, Paufan. jn Eliacis, Plin. Lucian, &.
 
 ( 13 •) 
 t Roaft Beef, inftead of Pap^ wouli cram, 
 
 ^ Like Giant Boy of Willwgha;n ; 
 
 From which fuch Vigour was created, 
 
 t He Cliff' d the Maid that on him \\ aited. 
 
 And after that_, to prove his Might, 
 
 Got fifty Children in a Night ;: 
 
 E'en He, for all his virtuous Labours, 
 
 Was damn'd and hated by his Neighbour*, 
 
 And ev'ry Monfter overthrown. 
 
 Found Envy tam'd by Death alone. 
 
 On Thee, w^hilc yet alive, great Sir, 
 
 Maturer Honours we confer •: 
 
 % Vid. Theocrit. Idyll. 23. 
 • Vid. Philof. Tranfaft. 
 
 "t" Ex J' «f' xrXxTov BiA^ 
 
 TrAa^t Tvmiiixi;, intokrahiU vero jaculuin percujjit MuUerei. 
 
 Find. Od, Nem. I. lin. 71. Oxon, Edit. 
 
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 * My Mufe is ready to make Oath, 
 
 ^ And fwcar by Gods and Altars both^ 
 We ne'er have feen, or e'er fliall lee^ 
 A Patriot fo renovvn'd as thee. 
 
 Oh ! on the Swan's broad Pennons could I foar^ 
 As erft the Latian Bard^ new Trads explore 
 O'er Afric\ Plains , o*er Hyperborean Shore 
 And Afia% wide Domain! Ye facred Nine, 
 Daughters of Jove, forfake the Throne divine, 
 Bear me^ O bear me on your airy Wings 
 
 To Twiiftam's laurel Groves, and filver Springs, 
 W.ijr^ crftthc Sage, 'mid Thames % lift'ning Swains, 
 Attun'd th' Horatian Lyre to 5r;Vj/^ Strains ; 
 
 >.lyo*. Pind, Olymp. 2. 1. 166. 
 
 Give 

 
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 Give me, like him, to found my Patron's Praife, 
 And pluck one Garland of unfading Bays, 
 So to the World great Buck horse I'll proclaim. 
 Enroll with Heroes and with Kings his Name, 
 And twine the Wreath immortal as his Fame. 
 I'll iing, my Lord, thy Trophies won 
 On bloody Plains of Ke?inington j 
 Sing how thy early Worth was prov'd, 
 'Mid Scenes of Death thy Soul unmov'd, 
 What Time the Hangman's murd'rous Crew 
 The Rebels' mangled Entrails drew j 
 Confu{lon reign'd, and dire Difmay ■ 
 Struck with Remorfe, the God of Day 
 Turn'd his affrighted Beams away. 
 But youj my Lord, well fkill'd to cater, 
 Refolv'd in Mind, compos'd in Feature, 
 Seiz'd on the Bowels of the Traitor 3 
 
 And,
 
 ( i6 ) 
 
 And, Vultur-likcj eat piping hot 
 
 The Liver of rebelHoiis Scot. 
 
 Tell me no more of Turtle- Eaters, 
 
 Hogs barbecu'd, and monftroiis Creatures, 
 
 Devoured by Aldermen and Praetors: 
 
 What Member of a Calves-Plead Party 
 
 E'er din'd fo loyal and fo hearty ? 
 
 'Tis true, fome Men of Tafte and Breeding 
 
 Copy your Lordfhip's Mode of Feeding, 
 
 And comme ilfaut their Fingers grcafe 
 
 With rotten Cabbage, himburgh Cheefe, 
 
 Italian Pafte, and Dainties more 
 
 Than grac'd th' Apician Board of Yore ; 
 
 Tranfported when they meet with Diflies, 
 
 That anfwer to their ardent Wifhes ; 
 
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 In Raptures they'll the Cook embrace, ^ 
 
 Saluting him, with Fre7jch Grimace, C 
 
 On both Sides of his greafy Face ^ J 
 
 So have they learnt, in foreign Parts, 
 
 T' adore the cuhnary Arts, 
 
 And foon, in Eating's noble Science, 
 
 May hope to bid the World Defiance. 
 
 A roafted Bear did no fmall Credit 
 
 To thofe who eat, and thofe who fed it ; 
 
 But in thefe dreadful Days of Famine, 
 
 While one half of the World is cramming, 
 
 And t'other rioting and damning/ 
 
 K — g, Lords, and Commons,, all muft own, 
 
 A Nation's Thanks are your's alone ; 
 
 Your Men of Art, and Science too, 
 
 Their Premium (hall a/Tign to you, 
 
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 ( i8 ) 
 To you the Palm, who firft fuch Food 
 Invented for the public Good, 
 And fhevv'd at once to all Mankind 
 Your Country's Love, your Tafte refin'd. 
 * Thus, when from Heav'n the Pow'rs divine 
 Came down with Tantalus to dine^ 
 The Lydian King, his Banquet to improve, 
 On human Flefh rcgal'd, and taught great Jove 
 To add one Dainty to his Feafts above. 
 
 Sweet Patron of the Mufe's Lyr^^ 
 Phoebus, if e'er thou didfl: infpire 
 One modern Bard with Theban Fire, 
 
 * Find. Olymp. i. lin. 56 
 
 Taught
 
 ( '9 ) 
 
 Taught Him aloft, from Garret Winae-r, 
 
 To found the deep-ton'd Shell of Pindar, 
 And catch his heav'nly Flame like Tinder, 
 Fly through the liquid Air, 
 Be Broughton's Games thy Care, 
 And all thy golden Sliafts be there. 
 Bid Clio quit her bleft Abode_, 
 And fpeed her Flight to Oxford- Roady 
 Adore the Theatre of Broughton,, 
 And kifs the Stage his Lordfliip fought on ; 
 Let all his Battles be recounted, 
 By-Battles, till the Mafters mounted. 
 Ere yet the tender Down began 
 To fhade his Chin, and promife Man : 
 Tell, to what Deeds of bold Emprize 
 We faw his manly Strength arife ; 
 
 Superior
 
 ( 20 3 
 
 Superior to the mean Events 
 
 Of little warlike Accidents, 
 
 Which ftill might greatly difcompofe 
 
 The Features of our modern Beaux, 
 
 And from their Macaroni Faces 
 
 Send packing all the Loves and Gra ces ^ 
 
 Two batter'd Jaws^ a flatten'd Snout, 
 
 Depending like a broken Spout, 
 
 And Wifdom at one Eye fhut out, 
 
 Nathlefs the Hero, undifmay'd, 
 
 Purfues the bold Olympic Trade, 
 
 Snuffs up a Battle from afar. 
 
 And trains the hardy Youth to War ; 
 
 Ne'er mourns one Minifter of Light, 
 
 Condemn'd in ever-during Night 
 
 To
 
 ( 21 ) 
 
 To roll and find no Dawn, while t'other 
 Does double Duty for it's Brother ; 
 And when two Chiefs of like Renown 
 Grappling conteft the Pythia?i Crown, 
 The Gods, delighted, oft' furvcy 
 His fingle Orb, with piercing Ray, 
 Twinkling dire6l the doubtful Fray. 
 Such, though from HeavTn it fo far be, 
 Well-pleas'd, of late they view'd at Derby ^ 
 When Difcord rag'd, and Wrath grew higher, 
 Betwixt the Nailor and the Dyer: 
 Stern was the Fight; one Pallas fir'd, 
 And t'other Mars himfelf infpir'd, 
 * 'Till Jove, who knew their flubborn Spirits, 
 Call'd for his Scales, to weigh their Merits ; 
 
 • K«i Tm irt x^ipnx 7r«T«g imcuvf rsixscvrxt &c. Hom, II. 11. lin. 109. 
 
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 And all the Deities allow, 
 
 Such Sport was ne'er beheld till now. 
 
 O! niiy fom3 Bard refound the Theme, 
 
 From Derwent% Banks to Thames^ Stream ! 
 
 Immortalize fuch Deeds divine 
 
 In far fublimer Strains than mine ! 
 
 Nor let their Praifes be omitted. 
 
 Who two fuch gallant Heroes pitted, 
 
 Forfook their Cards, Dice, Cocks, and Stud,, 
 
 For deeper Bets on human Blood : 
 
 Yet not the Dter, or the Nailor, 
 
 Can equal half his pallive A^alour ; 
 
 No Bruifer, fam'd in ancient Story, 
 
 Traqfcend his perfevering Glory. 
 E'en the ftern Matter of the fev'n-fold Shield, - 
 Who forc'd the dongaty Troja?i from the Field ; 
 
 E'en 
 
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 E'en the Didator, \\ ho by yielding won 
 
 His tardy Triumphs o'er Amilcar% Son, 
 
 The Lilryan Chiefs from fliir Ta7'entum drove, , 
 
 And bore their Spoils to Capitolian Jove, 
 
 Submit to BucKHORSE in the fame Degree 
 
 As Water yields to Gin_, or Scotch Baubee 
 
 To Cesar's golden Face. — Permit, my Lord, 
 
 The Mufe who tunes her Throat 
 
 To Vidlory's gladfomc Note, 
 
 The black-cy'd Nymph Thalia to record 
 
 What crft thcfe Eyes beheld. 
 
 'Twasat the IFeJlmmf^er Eledlion, 
 When fadlious Chiefs brew'd Infurrc<5tion, 
 A boift'rous independant Wight^ 
 Confiding in his giant Might, 
 Provok'd thee lo th' athletic Fight; 
 
 Arraign'd
 
 ( 24 ) 
 
 Arraigned thy free, thy Britifli Spirit, 
 
 And fet at nought thy patriot Merit ; 
 
 With Look malign, and Taunt feverCj 
 
 Swore that your Lordfhip's Fate was near, 
 
 And whifpcr'd Tyhurft in thine Ear. 
 
 I heard the Wretch thy Mother curre_, 
 
 With Language vile, Invedtive worfe 
 
 Than reigns at Billingfgatey or even 
 
 At the fam'd Chapel of St. St— ph — n j 
 
 While you ferene, with confcious Virtue, 
 
 Puird off your Waiftcoat^ and your Shirt too, 
 
 And many a Bang, and many a Cuff, 
 
 Undauntedly fuftain'd in Buff. 
 
 But what I deem your Lordfhip's Fort, is. 
 
 You lay colleded like a Tortoife, 
 
 Suffered
 
 ^ ( 25 ) 
 
 Suffer'd the Caitiff to beftrlde 
 
 And bruife thine unrelenting Hide, 
 
 'Till, prodigal of Strength _, the Foe 
 
 Such Toil no more could undergo, 
 
 And, quite exhaufted, fat him down, 
 
 Thinking the Laurels all his own : 
 
 But you, who found you'd got no Harm yet, 
 
 Firft peep'd from underneath your Armpit, 
 
 Then, to the Joy of all Beholders, 
 
 Rais'd up your Head above your Shoulders, 
 
 PuU'd up your Breeches^ fcratch'd your Head, 
 
 Spit in your Hands, and roU'd your Quid ; 
 
 And then, like fome great Rhetorician, 
 
 Of Greek and Roman Erudition, 
 
 In Senates us'd to wield with Eafe 
 
 The Thunder of Demosthenes, 
 
 G Open'd
 
 ( =6 ) 
 Opeii'd your Budget to harangue him, 
 Before you undercook to bang him, 
 Tliinkino: the Hero well might bear 
 One fliort Philippic in his Ear. 
 
 *' Dofl thou traduce the Buckhorse Name, 
 '' And taint my virtuous Mother's Fame ; 
 *' Blood of a Bitch ! dofl thou prcfume 
 ^'^ At Tyburn to announce my Doom ? 
 *^ Think'ft thou_, by Devils hatch'd_, to quell 
 '^ My patriotic Principle ? 
 *^' Hell blafi: thine Eyes, thou Mifcreant bafe, 
 '^ And Pillory feize thy ruthlefs Face, ■ 
 
 " ^g^y ^s Newgate Steps. 
 
 '* Witnefs ye pure, ye virtuous Tribes, 
 " Unmov'd by Penfions and by Bribes, • 
 
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 ( 27 ) 
 
 * If e'er I poucli'd one fingle Farthing, 
 
 ' Since by G-cV s Grace I've known the Garden ; 
 ^ E'er taken one unbritifh Meafure, 
 
 * To ftain my Hands with public Treafure : 
 
 * Say, have I tamper 'd with the Stocks? 
 ' (Behold this Brafs Tobacco Box_, 
 
 Fair Freedom's Boon) have I play'd booty ? 
 
 * At. Tott'jiham-Couf'i I've done my Duty. 
 
 ' Afk of yon Stage, where late I fought, 
 
 '■ AfiC Broughton's felf, if e'er I fought 
 ' One dirty Job— ambition'd aught 
 
 ' But Giles's Welfare! 
 
 ' Yet ftill if Gentlemen concur 
 ' My Pofl: of Honour to transfer, 
 *■ In abler Hands my Office fix , 
 '^ ---I'm ready to refign my Sticks. 
 
 " Still
 
 ( 28 ) 
 
 " Still fliall I live to wipe my Breech 
 
 " With thy laft Words and dying Speech ; 
 
 " And your damn'd Figure, in a Halter, 
 
 '' Shall fmoak on Cloacina's Altar; 
 
 ^^ But now, thou Spawn of Whoredom, now is 
 
 " The Time to fhew thy Strength and Prowefs; 
 
 " Gird well thy Loins, for I this Day 
 
 '* With Iritereft thy Blows will pay." 
 
 You fpokc— and put a Look fedate on, 
 Bold as when Michael frown'd on Satan, 
 Then, with the rapid Lightning's Speed, 
 Drove, like a batt'ring Raro^ thine Head, 
 Plump in his Paunch ; the Chief aftounded, 
 Back like a Culverin rebounded. 
 
 * As
 
 ( 29 ) 
 '•' As when fome Man of Tafle thinks proper 
 To cover o'er his Houfe with Copper, 
 If chance defcends nodurnal Jove 
 In Storms of Hailftones from above, 
 The Garreteer, with wild Affright, 
 Starts from the balmy BlefTings of the Kiglit"^ 
 Through all the live-long Hours condcmn'd to hear 
 The echoing Dome re-bellow to his Ear ; 
 Thus was the valiant V/ight confounded. 
 His clatt'iing Cheeks and Temples founded ; 
 While you with frequent Fifl: aflail'd him. 
 With Chuckers in the Mazzard nail'd him^ 
 And Clicks upon the Muns regal'd him ; 
 
 • (^:ia>n w,i!ld CrandiKC Nin:hi 
 
 CulmimLiis crfiian:, &:. 
 
 Virg, ^neid 5. lin. ^'5^. 
 
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 Nor did ft thou not amufc with Lcggers, 
 
 Crofs- Buttocks, H/inj Vlircs, and Pcggers_, 
 
 Fall with your Elbovvs in the Bellows, 
 
 Scatter the Grinders, clofe the Smellers, 
 
 Darken the Day-Lights! — Mufe, be brief — 
 
 You faw the Store-Room of the Chief 
 
 Surrender it's Eledlion Beef, 
 
 Relu£lant Dumpling, Beer, and Gravy, 
 
 And heard each groaning Bowel cry — PeccavL 
 
 Think not, my Lord, I join the Crew 
 Who Flatt'ry's menial Arts purfue, 
 Unenvy'd let the fervile Throng 
 Their Patrons lull with venal Song, 
 Ne'er was I vers'd in Dedication, 
 Or trod the Paths of Adulation : 
 
 May
 
 ( 3' ) 
 
 May I be doom'd all Day to wait 
 
 The IfTue of fome dull Debate, 
 
 In Robin Hood's well-crouded Senate ; 
 
 (Which, Thanks to Heav'n, but once Vvt been at, 
 
 And then the Baker s Man made free 
 
 To take me into Cuftody.) 
 
 But, what is worfe, may you refufe 
 
 The Labours of my faithful Mufc, 
 
 If aught in Flattery I mention. 
 
 In Hopes of Biflioprick or Penfion ; 
 
 I know your Modefty is fuch. 
 
 You hate to be admir'd too much ; 
 
 But if your Lordfliip had commanded, 
 
 The Troops that Day Prince Ferdinand did. 
 
 On Minden\ Plains the Gallic Foe 
 
 Had met their final Overthrow ; 
 
 lo
 
 ( 32 )- 
 
 To you the Senate had decreed 
 A Statue, for thy glorious Meed, 
 
 Returning, like Gerfnanic Caesar, 
 
 Triumphant from the Banks of JVezcr, 
 
 Perhaps your LordlLip may declare^ 
 
 You hate a continental War^ 
 
 That you from Childhood was afraid 
 
 Of Powder, Ballsj and Cannonade ; 
 
 Why didfi: thou then, with Patriot Zeal, 
 
 Illume the Rocket-loaded Wheel, 
 
 Big with Combuftion, when fuch Praife 
 
 Redounded from the Peace oi Aix f 
 
 And this triumphant frugal Nation, 
 
 To lift'ning Europe^ Admiration, 
 
 Made all her Cannon echo louder 
 
 Than thund'ring Jove ; and {pent her Powder_, 
 
 As
 
 ( 33 ) 
 
 As freely as our warlike Swains 
 
 AfTcmblcd on their peaceful Plains, 
 
 To fcorch their Fingers, Wigs, and Nofes, 
 
 Firing— ^r<? Arts et pro Fccii. 
 
 Say why, my Lord ? but lo ! the Mufe 
 
 No more thefe arduous Themes purfucs ; 
 
 Unable thy Exploits to fing, 
 
 Trembling fhe checks her tow'ring Wing, 
 
 Speeds to domeftic Scenes of Life, 
 
 Sighs to falute thy virtuous Wife. 
 
 O ! may ye long unparted prove 
 
 The BlefUngs of connubial Love, 
 
 Live to exhibit, in this queer Ag<.-, 
 
 A bright Example to the Peerage ; 
 Grace Maryhonc^ your ancient Seat, 
 
 And Hockley-Hole\ fccure Retreat, 
 
 I Where
 
 ( 34 ) 
 Where you, as quiet and fercne as 
 Great Afrkanus, or Mcecenas, 
 From Toils of State, from Noifc and Care, 
 To calm R.etlrement's Joys repair: 
 While Lady Buckhorse tunes her Throat 
 To many a foft love-labour'd Note^ 
 Culls each Burhtta Strain fhe heard in 
 The comic Op'ras of the Garden, 
 And teaches Trivia to repeat 
 Italian Airs, in EngHJJj Ditties fvvcet. 
 
 Much would your Lordfliip's Erudition 
 Improve fuch fprightly Compofition ; 
 And fhould feme Bard, in future Years, 
 Colledl the AVorks of modern Peers, 
 (If right I augur) 'tw^ill be thine 
 Firft in the noble Lift to fhine. 
 
 O!
 
 ( 35 ) 
 
 O ! may your Candour, Tafle, and Eafc, 
 
 Inftrucl my artlcfs Mufe to pleafe; 
 * May cv'ry bolder Stroke be heighten'd, 
 And by your abler Pencil brightcn'd ; 
 So fliall I raife my future Song 
 High above all the tuneful Throng, 
 Boafting, as once the comic Bard did. 
 That JLcsIius all my Toils rewarded : 
 So may the Gods attend my Pray'r, 
 And make thy hopeful Son and Heir, 
 Young BucKHORSEj their peculiar Care; 
 Whofe Virtues, like fair Flovv'rs, expand, 
 Rais'd by your Lordfliip's foft'ring Hand ; 
 Tranfplanted from New?narket Races 
 To Alma Mater\ chafte Embraces, 
 
 * Vide Middleton. 
 
 Where
 
 ( 36 ) 
 
 Where late he came, with Refolution 
 T' obfcrve each pious Inflitution, 
 With fihal Duty to regard her ; 
 (Example rare!) and with fuch Ardour 
 Purfu'd his academic Studies, 
 As worthy of his noble Blood is : 
 Here did he woo the modeft Nine, 
 And tune their Inftruments divine ; 
 So much improve his nat'ral Parts, 
 ^ That in three Weeks he won our Hearts, 
 And gain'd a Mafterfhip of Arts. 
 Now travels far the Alps beyond, 
 Of more polite Amufements fond, 
 In which, I hope, and muft fuppofe fo, 
 He'll foon become a Virtuofo.' 
 
 Kind
 
 ( 37 ) 
 Kind Heav'n proted: him ! Safe from Harms 
 
 Reftore him to his Country's Arms_, 
 In Britain^ public Pofts to join 
 The Heroes of the Patriot Line : 
 Then may we hope once more to fee 
 The fmiling Days of Liberty^ 
 When Son and Sire at once cfpoufes 
 Her facred Caufe in both their Houfcs, 
 And each his Influence extends 
 To Virtue only and her Friends : 
 Pleas'd that fuch patriotic Souls 
 Will condefcend to drain hisBowls_, 
 WiLDMAN once more his Houfc rcfuming. 
 In Tranfports fhall his Lights relumine. — 
 And when (may Heav'n ordain it late) 
 Your Lordfliip fhall fubmit to Fate, 
 
 K Wlicn
 
 ( 38 ) 
 
 "When, after many a well-fought Field, 
 
 Yourfelf to conq'ring Death fhall yield, 
 
 (As yield you muft, and that bright Eye 
 
 Add Glory to it' s kindred Sky) 
 
 You fhall forever be The Noted, 
 
 And I to diftant Ages quoted,. 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 Your Lordfliip*s^ 
 
 moft devoted, . 
 Cambridge.^ 
 
 Dec. I, 1767. 
 
 POSTSCRIPT. 
 My Lord, it grieves me to relate 
 The worthy Dr. Bolter^s Fate ; j 
 
 He
 
 ( 39 ) 
 He found his Appetite decrcas'd 
 
 E'er fince the Vifitation Feafl-,. 
 
 Sent for Advice, but fent in vain. 
 
 For all the j^fculapimi Train 
 
 Were met that Week in Warwick-Lane ; , 
 
 Where certain peaceful learned Leeches, . 
 
 With Hammers, Iron-Crows, and Spcechcsj 
 
 And Blackfmiths arm'd, were making Entries 
 
 By Ways unknown to Coke and Ventrisy 
 
 While other harmlefs Sons of Galen, 
 
 Thefc barb'rous civil Feuds bewailing,, 
 
 Prepar'd their Engines for affailing : . 
 
 So while, his Dignity afferting, 
 
 Old Dr. Squills behind the Curtain, 
 
 Pointed his Leathern Tube to play on 
 
 His Friend Sir Oxymel Mac'haon, 
 
 Seiz'd
 
 ( 40 ) 
 Seiz'd vvitli an Hiccup, Flux, and Phthific, 
 — Th' Arclideacon dy'd, for Want^of Phyfic ; — 
 By which your Toad/and Living's vacant, 
 — I beg your Lordfliip not to fpeak on't ; — 
 (For previous to a Man's Interment^ 
 G-d knows I feek not his Preferment :) 
 But, as I've taken my Degree, 
 And grow impatient to be free, 
 —I wiflij my Lord, you'd think on me. 
 And if, my Lord, your Lordfhip chufes 
 A Man o{ all Work for your Mufes, 
 (Such as, for great Men's private Ufes, 
 This Seat of Learning oft' produces) 
 To clean a Buskin, or a Sandal, — • 
 To hear you fpout, and hold the Candle, — 
 
 To
 
 ( 41 ) 
 
 To fire your Crackers in the Papers, — 
 
 To cure unpcnfion'd Friends of Vapours, — 
 Do dirty Jobs about the Houfc too^ — 
 I AM THE Man that you may trufl: to ; 
 
 And humbly beg, that you'll incline 
 To make that pleafing Office mine. 
 
 Indulge me ftill one more Rcquefl:, Sir, 
 T' obliore my worthy Friend Svlvester ; 
 Who, from your Lordfhip's Grace and Bounty, 
 Hopes to be Sheriff for tlic County ; 
 Fir'd with a gen'rous Emulation 
 T' excel in that important Station, 
 His Beeves, his Sheep, the 'Squire devotes 
 To Lace, to Liveries, Hats and Coats ; 
 
 And
 
 ( 4= ) 
 
 And gives us to cxpedl next Year all 
 
 A grand Aflbmbly in the Shire-Hall : 
 E en now his venerable Coach is 
 New gilding, ere th' AfTize approaches ; 
 No longer at the Tax repining, 
 Tranfported he reviews the Lining, 
 Which he remembers, when a Boy^ 
 M^'as fafliionable brown Cafoy; 
 Now like your Lordfhip's Face appeaTs 
 Well-worn, but not fubdu'd by Years : 
 O ft' dreams he ofEledion Journies^ 
 Writs, Jailors, Hangmen, and AttornicSy 
 Of Trumpets echoing in his Ears, 
 Full-bottom'd Periwigs, and Spears ; 
 Hears Voices at a Diftance humming^ 
 '^ Make Way J makeTVaj—^he Shrieve's a coming.'" 
 
 Then
 
 ( 43 ) 
 
 Tlicn in his balmy Sleep he trudges 
 
 With milk-white Wand, before the Judges ; 
 Or thinks, in Velvet Coat array'd, he 
 Meets at the Ball his frizzled Lady, 
 Who looks half pleas'd, and half affrighted. 
 E'er fince her Husband has been knighted. — 
 
 Yet ftill, my Lord, with due Submiilion, 
 Eefore you realize his Vifion, 
 The 'Squire entreats you'd * * * * 
 
 • •**•••«•••• 
 
 * ♦ * * Defimt multa. » • • 
 
 Tlien
 
 ( 44 ) 
 Then, to requite your Lordfliip's Favour, 
 
 I hope he'll ufe his beft Endeavour, 
 As one good Turn demands another, 
 To make Returns to ferve your Brother. 
 
 FINIS.
 
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