History & Politics

Horace, Ode I. Lib. III, a Fragment

by Thomas Moore 1779–1852

From Satirical and Humorous Poems

History & Politics

I hate thee, oh, Mob, as my Lady hates delf;
To Sir Francis I'll give up thy claps and thy hisses,
Leave old Magna Charta to shift for itself,
And, like Godwin, write books for young masters and misses.
Oh! it is not high rank that can make the heart merry,
Even monarchs themselves are not free from mishap:
Tho' the Lords of Westphalia must quake before Jerry,
Poor Jerry himself has to quake before Nap.

MLA

Moore, Thomas. “Horace, Ode I. Lib. III, a Fragment.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/605/.

Chicago

Moore, Thomas. “Horace, Ode I. Lib. III, a Fragment.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/605/.

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