EULOGY ON THE TIMES. We've nought to do, but frisk about, To gamble, drink, and live at ease, In these Good Times, with little pains, And scarce a penny-worth of brains, A Man with great propriety, With some small risque of being hung, May cut a pretty dash among The foremost in Society. Good Reader, I'll suppose, for once, Thou art no better than a dunce, But wishest to be famous ; I'll tell thee how, with decent luck, Thou may'st become as Great a Buck As any one could name us. EULOGY ON THE TIMES. When first in high-life you commence, To Virtue, Reason, Common-sense, You'll please to bid adieu, Sir; And, lest some brother rake be higher, Drink, till your blood be all on fire, And face of crimson hue, Sir. Thus you'll be dubb'd a dashing blade, And, by the genteel World be said, To be a Man of Spirit; For stylish folks despise the chaps, Who think that they may rise, perhaps, By Industry and Merit. With lubric arts, and wily tongue, Debauch some maiden, fair and young, For that will be genteel; Be not too scrupulous; win the fair; Then leave the frail one to despair: A rake should never feel. EULOGY ON THE TIMES. When wine has made your courage stout, In midnight-revel sally out, Insulting all you meet; Play pretty pranks about the town, Break windows, knock the watchmen down, Your frolic to complete! Besides exhibiting your parts, You're sure to win the Ladies' hearts By dint of dissipation; Since " every woman is a rake," A fool may know what steps to take To gain her approbation. By practising these famous rules, You'll gain from wicked men and fools A world of admiration ; And, as we know from good authority, There needs no hesitation. AN ADDRESS* Delivered before THE PERKINEAN SOCIETY, AT THEIR PUBLIC DINNER AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR, LONDON, 15th JULY, 1803, In Celebration of the Opening of the Charitable Institution, in FrithStreet, Soho, for the Use of the Metallic Tractors in Disorders of the Poor. SAY, "SONS OF SOUL," when erst th' Omnisci ent plan Design'd this globe the tenement of man ; What" firm, immutable, immortal laws, 66 Impress'd on Nature by the GREAT FIRST CAUSE;" *This Address has been before published, but as it is probably in the hands of but few, who may be the pur chasers of this book, the Author hopes that no apology for its insertion will be thought necessary. AN ADDRESS, &c. Bade jarring atoms form one beauteous whole, Fitted to Order's durable control? SAGES OF SCIENCE, eagle-ey'd, disclose What aptitudes and appetencies those, Which world with world connect in one vast. chain, CAUSE and EFFECT, a never-ending train? Can ye unfold what energies control The magnet, faithful to its kindred pole; Or render plain the philosophic WHY Meek they reply; "These causes mock the ken "Of human intellect. Short sighted men, "With finite views, as well might hope to trace "Infinity, and fathom boundless space; "With finite views, explain the links, which bind "The world of matter to the world of mind. "Not Newton's self could look all nature through, "His, though a wide, was still a partial view. |