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Rh Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome,

And get knocked on the head for his labours.

To do good to Mankind is the chivalrous plan,

And is always as nobly requited;

Then battle for Freedom wherever you can,

And, if not shot or hanged, you'll get knighted. November 5, 1820. [First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 377.]

TO PENELOPE.

2, 1821.

THE CHARITY BALL.

matter the pangs of a husband and father,

If his sorrows in exile be great or be small,

So the Pharisee's glories around her she gather,

And the saint patronises her "Charity Ball!"