Nor brought a blush upon his cheek:

Thus all his talents ran to waste,

“Watt Tyler” was his first and last![p]

So, Tennyson, ’twill be with you,

Should you the beaten track pursue:

Your “gen’rous” patrons leave you free

To chant all themes, save Liberty,

To waste your time, from year to year,

On royal “Idylls,” wine and beer;

Or catch from Burns the brooklet’s play,