Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin / Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.

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Wielding the jarring elements at will?

Or whether, sprung from Chaos’ mingling storm,

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The mass of matter started into form?

Or Chance o’er earth’s green lap spontaneous fling

The fruits of autumn and the flowers of spring?

Whether material substance unrefined,

Owns the strong impulse of instructive mind,

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Which to one centre points diverging lines,