A LOVING EPISTLE
TO MR. WILLIAM COBBETT,45 OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND.
“Beloved of Heaven! the smiling Muse shall shed
Her moonlight halo on thy beauteous head!”
ride, boast, and glory of each hemisphere!
Well known and loved in both—great Cobbett, hail!
Hero of Botley there, and Hempstead here,
Of Newgate, and a Pennsylvanian jail!
Long shall this grateful nation bless the hour,
When, by the beadle and your debts pursued,
The victim, like famed Barrington,46 of power,
“You left your country for your country’s good!”
Terror of Borough-mongers, Banks, and Crowns,
Thorburn the seedsman, and Lord Castlereagh!
Potato-tops fall withering at your frowns,
Grand Ruta-Baga Turnip of your day!
Banish the memory of Lockhart’s cane,
And Philadelphian pole-cats from your mind;
Let the world scoff,—still you and Hunt remain,
Yourselves a host—the envy of mankind!
