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.

by Unknown

“His Majesty—the Many!”

Plain folks may be surprised, and stare,[^[165]]

As much surprised as Bob Adair

At Russia’s wooden houses;

And Russian snows, that lie so thick;[^[166]]

And Russian boors[^[167]] that daily kick,

With barbarous foot, their spouses.

What joy, when drunk, at midnight’s hour,[^[168]]

To stroll through Covent Garden’s bow’r,

Its various charms exploring;