And her talk was a mixture of foolish and wise.

Her adorers were many, and one of them said

“She waltzed rather well—it’s a pity she’s dead.”

George John Cayley.

AN EPISTLE TO SIR ROBERT WALPOLE

WHILE at the helm of State you ride,

Our nation’s envy, and its pride;

While foreign courts with wonder gaze,

And curse those counsels that they praise;