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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The obedient pulley[^[209]] strong Mechanics ply,

And wanton Optics roll the melting eye!

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I see the fair fantastic forms appear,

The flaunting drapery, and the languid leer;

Fair sylphish forms[^[210]]—who, tall, erect, and slim,

Dart the keen glance, and stretch the length of limb;

To viewless harpings weave the meanless dance,

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Wave the gay wreath, and titter as they prance.