And many a nasty gibe around she strews
That cause the Irish moralist to shy.
The Epitaph.
Here lies, his head upon a lump of clay,
A man, to Hansard and to Dod well known;
Fair Science had not much was in his way,
But Disaffection marked him for her own.
Large was his satire, and his purpose clear,
Egan did a recompense as largely send:
He gave to Loy’lty—all too bad—a sneer,