On The Same. (On The Burning Of Lord Mansfields Library, Together With His Mss., By The Mob, In The Month Of June 1780.)
When wit and genius meet their doom In all-devouring flame, They tell us of the fate of Rome, And bid us fear the same. Oer Murrays loss the muses wept, They felt the rude alarm, Yet blessd the guardian care that kept His sacred head from harm. There Memory, like the bee thats fed From Floras balmy store, The quintessence of all he read Had treasured up before. The lawless herd, with fury blind, Have done him cruel wrong; The flowers are gonebut still we find The honey on his tongue.
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