VIII. Of Christian virtues hear the sum,
True charity begins at home.
IX. Neglect not farthings, careless elves;
Shillings and pounds will guard themselves.
X. Get cash with honour if you can,
But still to get it be your plan.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CERTAIN PERSONAGE AND HIS MINISTER.
IMITATED FROM THE NINTH ODE OF HORACE, BOOK III.
Donec gratus eram tibi.
K——- When heedless of your birth and name,
For pow’r yon barter’d future fame,
On that auspicious day,
Of K—gs I reign’d supremely blest:
Not HASTINGS rul’d the plunder’d East
With more despotic sway.
P—TT. When only on my favoured head
Your smiles their royal influence shed,
Then was the son of CH—TH—M
The nation’s pride, the public care,
P—TT and Prerogative their pray’r,
While we, Sir, both laugh’d at ’em.
K——- JENKY, I own, divides my heart,
Skill’d in each deep and secret art
To keep my C—MM—NS down:
His views, his principles are mine;
For these I’d willingly resign
My Kingdom and my Crown.
P—TT. As much as for the public weal,
My anxious bosom burns with zeal
For pious Parson WYV—LL
For him I’ll fret, and fume, and spout,
Go ev’ry length—except go out,
For that’s to me the Devil!