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Fanatic drivers, whose unjust careers Produced new ills exceeding former fears: Yet authors here except a faithful band, Which the prevailing faction did withstand; And some, who bravely stood in the defence Of baffled justice, and their exiled prince. These shine to after-times; each sacred name Stands still recorded in the rolls of fame.

ON THE YOUNG STATESMEN.

THE following verses have been ascribed to Dryden upon slight authority, and contrary to internal evidence. They display a good deal of the turn of wit, and structure of verse, which may be observed in similar jeux d'esprit of Dorset, to whom I am tempted to ascribe them, though the name of Dryden may have been borrowed, to give them publicity.

They ought to have preceded, in point of time, those entitled. "Tarquin and Tullia," but were accidentally misplaced.

As nicknames are easily perpetuated, I observe, that these verses entailed upon the young statesmen, the names of Chit Sunderland, Chit Lory, &c. in the satires of the day. This administration came into office in the latter years of Charles II.'s reign. The satire turns on a comparison between them and their predecessors of what was called the Cabal. There is a parody on these lines in the State Poems," in which they are applied to Stillingfleet.

VOL. XV.

ON

THE YOUNG STATESMEN.

CLARENDON* had law and sense,
Clifford † was fierce and brave;
Bennet's grave look was a pretence,
And Danby's § matchless impudence
Helped to support the knave.

But Sunderland, Godolphin, Lory, ||
These will appear such chits in story,
"Twill turn all politics to jests,
To be repeated like John Dory,
When fidlers sing at feasts.

*The famous Chancellor.

+ Lord Clifford, of Chudleigh, a member of the Cabal administration.

Bennet, Earl of Arlington, also of the Cabal.

Osborne, Earl of Danby.

|| Lawrence, Earl of Rochester, son of Lord Clarendon.

Protect us, mighty Providence!

What would these madmen have?

First, they would bribe us without pence,
Deceive us without common sense,
And without power enslave.

Shall free-born men, in humble awe,
Submit to servile shame,

Who from consent and custom draw
The same right to be ruled by law,
Which kings pretend, to reign?

The Duke shall wield his conquering sword,
The chancellor make a speech,
The king shall pledge his honest word,
The pawned revenue sums afford,
And then, come kiss my breech.

So have I seen a king in chess,
(His rooks and knights withdrawn,
His queen and bishops in distress,)
Shifting about grow less and less,
With here and there a pawn.

SUUM CUIQUE.

This poem was probably composed by Mainwaring. Like " Tarquin and Tullia," it has the rudeness of Oldham's satirical effusions, instead of the strength and harmony of Dryden.

WHEN lawless men their neighbours dispossess,
The tenants they extirpate or oppress,
And make rude havoc in the fruitful soil,
Which the right owners ploughed with careful toil.
The same proportion does in kingdoms hold;
A new prince breaks the fences of the old,
And will o'er carcases and deserts reign,
Unless the land its rightful lord regain.
He gripes the faithless owners of the place,
And buys a foreign army to deface

The feared and hated remnant of their race;
He starves their forces, and obstructs their trade;
Vast sums are given, and yet no native paid.

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