And drop a tear upon his early Tomb.
——:o:——
Epitaph on a Late Administration.
Here rest their Heads in Power’s and Honour’s grave,
A band to Fortune and to Fame unknown:
Fair Science never smil’d on their conclave,
And Scorn and Weakness mark’d them for their own.
Large were their means, yet constant their defeat,
And France, deriding, mock’d their wild intentions;
They gave to England, all they could—a debt;