Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ADDRESS TO THE MOB ON OCCASION OF THE LATE RIOT ... HUGH PALLISER, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And is it thus, ye base and blind Last Line: Who fought and would have died for you. Subject(s): Palliser, Sir Hugh (1722-1796) | ||||||||
AND is it thus, ye base and blind, And fickle as the shifting wind, Ye treat a warrior staunch and true, Grown old in combating for you? Can one false step, and made in haste, Thus cancel every service past? And have ye all at once forgot, (As whose deservings have ye not?) That Palliser, like Keppel brave, Has baffled France on yonder wave; And when his country ask'd the stake, Has pledg'd his life for England's sake? Though now he sink oppress'd with shame, Forgetful of his former fame, Yet Keppel with deserv'd applause Proclaims him bold in Britain's cause, And to his well known courage pays The tribute of heroic praise. Go learn of him whom ye adore, Whose name now sets you in a roar, Whom ye were more than half prepar'd To pay with just the same reward, To render praise where praise is due, To keep his former deeds in view Who fought and would have died for you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COMPARISON [ADDRESSED] TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM COWPER BOADICEA; AN ODE by WILLIAM COWPER EPITAPH ON A HARE by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 18. LOVEST THOU ME? by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 49. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 9. THE CONTRITE HEART by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE DEATH OF MRS. (NOW LADY) THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE [OUT OF NORFOLK] by WILLIAM COWPER |
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