To bid Humanity, pale Fool, adieu,

And flesh his hunger on the coal-black crew.—
Thus shall the Lowther name again be great,
Men tremble at the sound, and Children sweat;
High o'er thy walls, to prove a Host one Slave,
The lordly flag of Tyranny shall wave:
Thus at thy feet shall dumb Obedience fall,
And Hell in lustre yield to Lowther Hall.

ODES OF IMPORTANCE:

VIZ.

TO THE SHOEMAKERS.

TO MR. BURKE.

TO IRONY.

TO LORD LONSDALE.

TO THE KING.

TO THE ACADEMIC CHAIR.

TO A MARGATE HOY.

OLD SIMON, A TALE.

THE JUDGES; OR, THE WOLVES, THE BEAR, AND INFERIOR BEASTS: A FABLE.

-Sic positi, suaves miscetis odores.

SWEET-BRIAR, hawthorn, lilies, nettles, roses;
What a nice bouquet for all sorts of noses!

Ludimus innocuis verbis, nec lædere quenquam
Mens nostra.
MARTIAL.

My Verse's sweetness, mildness, none deny:
Lord! playful Peter would not wound a Fly.

ODES OF IMPORTANCE,

RESIGNATION.

An Ode to the Journeymen Shoemakers, who lately refused to work except their Wages were raised.

SONS of Saint Crispin, 'tis in vain :

Indeed 'tis fruitless to complain.

I know you wish good Beef or Veal to carve:
But first the hungry Great must all be fed ;
Mean time, you all must chew hard musty Bread,
Or, what is commonly unpleasant, starve.

Your masters like yourselves oppression feel;
It is not they would wish to stint your meal :
Then suck your paws like Bears, and be resign'd.
Perhaps your sins are many; and if so

Heaven gives us very frequently, we know,

The Great as Scourges for mankind. Your masters soon may follow you, so lank; Undone by simple confidence in rank.