Design'd by loud declaimers on the part
Of Liberty, themselves the slaves of lust,
Incurs derision for his easy faith

And lack of knowledge, and with cause enough:
For when was public virtue to be found
Where private was not? Can he love the whole
Who loves no part? He be a nation's friend,
Who is, in truth, the friend of no man there ?
Can he be strenuous in his country's cause,
Who slights the charities, for whose dear sake
That country, if at all, must be belov'd?

'Tis therefore sober and good men are sad For England's glory, seeing it was pale And sickly, while her champions wear their hearts So loose to private duty, that no brain, Healthful and undisturb'd by factious fumes, Can dream them trusty to the gen'ral weal. Such were not they of old, whose temper'd blades Dispers'd the shackles of usurp'd controul, And hew'd them link from link: then Albion's sons Were sons indeed; they felt a filial heart Beat high within them at a mother's wrongs, And, shining each in his domestic sphere, Shone brighter still, once call'd to public view. "Tis therefore many, whose sequester'd lot Forbids their interference, looking on, Anticipate perforce some dire event;: And seeing the old castle of the state, That promis'd once more firmness, so assail'd, That all its tempest-beaten turrets shake, Stand motionless, expectants of its fall. All has its date below; the fatal hour Was register'd in heav'n ere time began. We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works Die too: the deep foundations that we lay, Time ploughs them up, and not a trace remains.. We build with what we deem eternal rock; A distant age asks where the fabric stood, And in the dust, sifted and search'd in vain,, The undiscoverable secret sleeps.

The diverting History of John GILPIN; Shewing, how he went farther than he intended, and came safe Home again.

(COW PER.)
JOHN GILPIN was a citizen

Of credit and renown,
A train-band captain eke was he

Of famous London town.
John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear,

Though wedded we have been
These twice ten tedious years, yet we

No holiday have seen.
To-morrow is our wedding-day,

And we will then repair
Unto the Bell at Edmonton,

All in a chaise and pair.
My sister and my sister's child,

Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise, so you must ride

On horseback after we.
He soon replied, I do admire

Of womankind but one,
And you are she, my dearest dear,

Therefore it shall be done.
I am a linen-draper bold,

As all the world doth know,
And my good friend the Callender

Will lend his horse to go.
Quoth Mrs. Gilpin, That's well said;

And for that wine is dear,
We will be furnish'd with our own,

Which is both bright and clear.
John Gilpin kiss'd his loving wife;

O'erjoy'd was he to find
That, though on pleasure she was bent,

She had a frugal mind.
The morning came, the chaise was brought,

But yet was not allow'd
To drive up to the door, lest all

Should say that she was proud.

he got

So three doors off the chaise was stay'd,

Where they did all get in,
Six precious souls, and all agog

To dash through thick and thin.
Smack went the whip, round went the wheels,

Were never folk so glad,
The stones did rattle underneath

As if Cheapside were mad.
John Gilpin at his horse's side

Seiz'd fast the flowing mane, And up

in haste to ride,
But soon got down again;
For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he,

His journey to begin,
When, turning round his head, he saw

Three customers come in.
So down he came; for loss of time,

Although it griev'd him sore,
Yet loss of pence, full well he knew,

Would trouble him much more. 'Twas long before the customers

Were suited to their mind,
When Betty screaming came down stairs,

- The wine is left behind.",
Good lack! quoth he-yet bring it me,

My leathern belt likewise,
In which I bear my trusty sword

When I do exercise.
Now Mistress Gilpin, careful soul !

Had two stone bottles found,
To hold the liquor that she lov’d,

And keep it safe and sound. Each bottle had a curling ear,

Through which the belt he drew; And hung a bottle on each side,

To make his balance true.
Then over all, that he might be

Equipp'd from top to toe,
His long red cloak, well brush'u and neat,
He manfully did throw.

Now see him mounted once again

Upon his nimble steed,
Full slowly pacing o'er the stones

With caution and good heed.
But finding soon a smoother road

Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot,

Which gall’d him in his seat. So, fair and softly, John he cried,

But John he cried in vain,
That trot became a gallop soon,

In spite of curb and rein.
So stooping down, as needs he must

Who cannot sit upright,
He grasp'd the mane with both his hands,

And eke with all his might.
His horse, who never in that sort

Had handled been before,
What thing upon his back had got

Did wonder more and more.
Away went Gilpin neck or nought,

Away went hat and wig;
He little dreamt, when he set out,

Of running such a rig.
The wind did blow, the cloak did fly,

Like streamer long and gay,
"Till loop and button failing both,

At last it flew away.
Then might all people well discern

The bottles he had slung;
A bottle swinging at each side,

As hath ben said or sung.
The dogs did bark, the children scream'd,

Up flew the windows all;
And ev'ry soul cried out, Well done!

As loud as he could bawl.
Away went Gilpin—who but he;

His fame soon spread around
He carries weight! he rides a race!

"sis for a thousand pound.

And still as fast as he drew near,

'Twas wonderful to view How in a trice the turnpike-men

Their gates wide open threw.
And now as he went bowing down

His reeking head full low,
The bottles twain behind his back

Were shatter'd at a blow.
Down ran the wine into the road,

Most piteous to be seen,
Which made his horse's flanks to smoke

As they had basted been.
But still he seem'd to carry weight,

With leathern girdle brac'd ;
For all might see the bottle-necks

Still dangling at his waist. Thas all through merry Islington

These gambols he did play,
And till he came unto the Wash

Of Edmonton so gay.
And there he threw the wash about

On both sides of the way,
Just like unto a trundling mop,

Or a wild goose at play.
At Edmonton his loving wife

From the balcony spied
Her tender husband, wond'ring much

To see how he did ride.
Stop, stop, John Gilpin !-Here's the house-

They all at once did cry;
The dinner waits, and we are tir'd :

Said Gilpin - So am I.
But yet his horse was not a wbit

Inclin'd to tarry there ;
For why? his owner had a house

Full ten miles off, at Ware.
So like an arrow swift he flew,

Shot by an archer strong ;
So did he fly--which brings me to

The middle of my song.