TO THE LORD HIGH CHANCELLORSHIP OF ENGLAND. ROUND Thurlow's head in early youth, And in his sportive days, Fair Science poured the light of truth, And Genius shed his rays. "See!" with united wonder cried The experienced and the sage, "Ambition in a boy supplied With all the skill of age! "Discernment, eloquence, and grace Proclaim him born to sway The balance in the highest place. And bear the palm away." The praise bestowed was just and wise; He sprang impetuous forth, Secure of conquest where the prize Attends superior worth. So the best courser on the plain Ere yet he starts is known, And does but at the goal obtain What all had deemed his own. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED MASTER WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by BEN JONSON BOTHWELL: PART 3 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 32. 'LO! ONE CALLS' by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) MEARY WEDDED by WILLIAM BARNES THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 24, ASKING FOR HER HEART (2) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE CHILDREN'S BOATS by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |