Ditto to Mr. Courtney.
As after jackdaw chatter and owl-hooting,
Gratefully follows Philomel's dulcet fluting;
So, after Hanbury'S gibes and Healy's jeers,
Courtney's cool reason gladdens patriot ears.
O, si sic omnes! But though his sole voice
Sound "in the wilderness," yet some rejoice
To hear, 'midst blare of venomed wrath and vanity,
The moving tones of brave, sound-hearted sanity.