We give the world to understand, Our thriving Dean has purchased land; A purchase which will bring him clear, Above his rent four pounds a year; Provided, to improve the ground, He will but add two hundred pound, And from his endless hoarded store, To build a house five hundred more. Sir Arthur too shall have his will, And call the mansion Drapier's Hill; That when the nation long enslaved, Forgets by whom it once was saved; When none the Drapier's praise shall sing; His signs aloft no longer swing; His medals and his prints forgotten, And all his handkerchiefs are rotten; His famous Letters made waste paper; This hill may keep the name of Drapier: In spite of envy flourish still, And Drapier's vie with Cooper's Hill. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE SORROW OF LOVE (2) by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS MISPLACED SYMPATHY by CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS TIPPERARY: 2. AS THE TRANSLATORS WOULD HAVE INTERLINED IT . . . by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS MARY MAGDALEN by BARTOLOME LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA THE LAY OF SAINT MEDARD; A LEGEND OF AFRIC by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |