Sagacious R. C. Dallas.

[First published, Life, Writings, Opinions, etc., 1825, ii. 192.]

FOOTNOTES:

[19] ["A person observing that Mr. Dallas looked very wise on a certain occasion, his Lordship is said to have broke out into the following impromptu."—Life, Writings, Times, and Opinions of Lord Byron, 1825, ii. 191.] 

[19]

AN ODE[20] TO THE FRAMERS OF THE FRAME BILL.[21] 

1.

Oh well done Lord E—— n! and better done R——r![22]

Oh

Britannia must prosper with councils like yours;

Hawkesbury, Harrowby, help you to guide her,

Whose remedy only must kill ere it cures:

Those villains; the Weavers, are all grown refractory,

Asking some succour for Charity's sake—

So hang them in clusters round each Manufactory,

That will at once put an end to mistake.[23]

[14]

2.

The rascals, perhaps, may betake them to robbing,

The dogs to be sure have got nothing to eat—

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