of toil,
Who now purvey our meats and drinks,
Our gardens devastate, and spoil
Our sinks,
Shall seldom condescend to take
That inconsiderable sum
For which they daily butch, and bake,
And plumb;
Such humble votaries of trade
No more shall follow arts like these;
Since most of them will then be made
M.P.s!

* * * * *

And can I then (with some surprise
You ask) possess my tranquil soul,
And view with calm indifferent eyes
The Poll,
While partisans, in raucous tones,
With doleful wail or joyful shout
Proclaim that Brown is in, or Jones
Is out?
I can: I do: the reason's plain:
That blissful day which prophets paint
Perhaps may come: perhaps again
It mayn't:
And ere these ages blest begin
(For Rome, I've heard historians say,
Was only partly finished in
A day)
In men of sentiments sublime
'Tis possible we yet may trace
The influence of mellowing Time
And PLACE:--
O who can tell? Ere Labour rouse
Its ever-multiplying hordes
To mend or end th' obstructive House
Of Lords,
And bid aristocrats begone,
And their hereditary pelf
Bestow with generous hand upon
Itself--
Why, Mr. George,--his threats forgot
Which Earls and Viscounts cowering hear,--
Himself may be, as like as not,
A Peer!

FORECAST

Tomkins! when revolving lustres
Thin those shining locks that now
Wreathe their hyacinthine clusters
Round your intellectual brow,--
You who in your nobler station
Still are kind enough to seek
Our political salvation
Rather more than once a week,--

Think you, will your rightful value
Still be duly understood?
Will the British Public hail you
Always great and always good?
When the Peoples fight for Freedom
And the tyrant's rage confront,
Will they call for you to lead 'em?
--No, my friend: I fear they won't.

Soon or late are Truth's apostles
Laid upon their destined shelf;
You, who talk of Ancient Fossils,
Tomkins! will be one yourself:
Dons and Men with gibe and sneer your
Ancient crusted ways will view,
Wondering oft with smile superior
What's the use of Things like you!

All the schemes that win you glory,
Meant to mend our mortal mess--
Th