Hail! Minister, by Paradoxes great!
Proceeds it from thy Genius or thy Fate?
Courtier compleat, with Manners unpolite;
Without thy Prince’s Love, a Favourite;
Not eloquent, though voluble of Tongue,
And thy first Honours from Corruption sprung;
From Ruin and Distress advanc’d to Power;
From Goal to Court, the Creature of an Hour;
Hated by Each, and yet upheld by All;
Hooted in Streets, applauded in the Hall;
By giving, Rich; still able to supply
Fresh Credit to each Want and every Lye;
French Treaties, padlock’d Swords and tame Campaigns,
(Thy Measures now) were Crimes in former Reigns;
What then was constrn’d Treason by our Laws,
Is now thy Glory, and demands Applause;
If Thou art easy, who dares feel his Pain?
‘Tis bold to sigh; Rebellion to complain–
Ev’n Publick Debts transform themselves to Gain.
The Change that seem’d to force Thee from the Stage,
To sue for Shelter from the People’s Rage,
Pye–ball’d with Dirt and Glory, brought Thee on,
And turn’d thy Sanctuary to a Throne.
Say mighty W—, are we to adore
Thy Stars or Genius, never match’d before?
(Nicholas Amhurst)
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