They gain’d from England, all they wish’d—their Pensions.
Seek not (vain hope) their merits to disclose,
Nor paint their faults to sadden their condition;
These let them try with trembling hope t’ expose,
And those defend—on bench of Opposition.
From The Morning Chronicle (London). Jan. 18, 1811.
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An Elegy in a London Churchyard.
Great Tom now sounds the close of busy day,
The weary dray horse rests from labour free,