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Think not these sighs denote one thought unkind, Wonder, not Envy, occupies my mind; For well I wot on that unhappy day, When Britain mourn'd an empire giv'n away; When rude impeachments menaced from afar, And what gave peace to France—to us was war; For awful vengeance Heav'n appear'd to call, And agonizing Nature mark'd our fall. Dire change! Dundas's cheek with blushes glow'd, Grenville was dumb, Mahon no frenzy showed; Though Drake harangu'd, no slumber Gilbert fear'd; And Mulgrave's mouth like other mouths appear'd; In vain had Bellamy prepared the meat;— In vain the porter—Bamber could not eat; When Burke arose, no yell the curs began, And Rolle, for once, half seem'd a gentleman; Then name this god, for to St. James's Court, Nor gods nor angels often make resort.

In early youth misled by Honour's rules, That fancied Deity of dreaming fools; I simply thought, forgive the rash mistake, That Kings should govern for their People's sake! But Reverend Jenky soon these thoughts supprest, And drove the glittering phantom from my breast; Jenky! that sage, whom mighty George declares, Next Schwellenbergen, great on the back stairs: 'Twas Jenkinson—ye Deacons catch the sound! Ye Treasury scribes the sacred name rebound! Ye pages sing it—echo it ye Peers! And ye who best repeat, Right Reverend Seers! Whose pious tongues no wavering fancies sway, But like the needle ever point one way.