(On his emphatical and interesting delivery of the defence of Warren Hastings, Esq. in the House of Lords) COWPER, whose silver voice, tasked sometimes hard, Legends prolix delivers in the ears (Attentive when thou readest) of England's peers, Let verse at length yield thee thy just reward. Thou wast not heard with drowsy disregard, Expending late on all that length of plea Thy generous powers; but silence honoured thee, Mute as e'er gazed on orator or bard. Thou art not voice alone, but hast beside Both heart and head; and couldst with music sweet Of attic phrase and senatorial tone, Like thy renowned forefathers, far and wide Thy fame diffuse, praised not for utterance meet Of others' speech, but magic of thy own. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SCUM O' THE EARTH' by ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER AMORETTI: 19 by EDMUND SPENSER GARDEN DAYS: 7. THE GARDENER by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE MOTHER'S LAMENT by ST. CLAIR ADAMS ETERNITY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD FROM A DUSTY SHELF by MAVIS CLARE BARNETT SONNET: 18 by RICHARD BARNFIELD ON READING THE 'RUBAIYAT' OF OMAR KHAYYAM IN A KENTISH ROSE GARDEN by MATHILDE BLIND |