(On his emphatical and interesting delivery of the defence of Warren Hastings, Esq. in the House of Lords) COWPER, whose silver voice, tasked sometimes hard, Legends prolix delivers in the ears (Attentive when thou readest) of England's peers, Let verse at length yield thee thy just reward. Thou wast not heard with drowsy disregard, Expending late on all that length of plea Thy generous powers; but silence honoured thee, Mute as e'er gazed on orator or bard. Thou art not voice alone, but hast beside Both heart and head; and couldst with music sweet Of attic phrase and senatorial tone, Like thy renowned forefathers, far and wide Thy fame diffuse, praised not for utterance meet Of others' speech, but magic of thy own. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 11 by THOMAS CAMPION LEARNING TO READ by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER THE CHURCH FLOORE by GEORGE HERBERT THE TROOP SHIP by ISAAC ROSENBERG TO EDWARD FITZGERALD by ALFRED TENNYSON SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 27. ENGLAND by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) TO --, WITH ARTHUR AND ALBINA by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS |