ON THE SAME. William Cowper Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T14895 K027775.000 Cowper, William, 1731-1800. Poems: by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. London printed for J. Johnson 1782 p. 319. [4],367,[1]p. ; 8⁰.

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ON THE SAME . "On the fifth night of the Gordon Riots, Tuesday, 6 June 1780, the mob attacked the Bloomsbury Square house of William Murray, first Earl of Mansfield (1705–93), Lord Chief Justice from 1756 to 1788. The rioters looted the house, burned its contents on the street, and then set fire to the building itself." (Baird/Ryskamp [1980-95], vol. 1, 411.) 1. WHEN wit and genius meet their doom In all devouring flame , They tell us of the fate of Rome , And bid us fear the same . 2. O'er MURRAY'S loss the muses wept , They felt the rude alarm , Yet bless'd the guardian care that kept His sacred head from harm . 3. There mem'ry , like the bee that's fed From Flora's balmy store , The quintessence of all he read Had treasur'd up before . 4. The lawless herd with fury blind Have done him cruel wrong , The flow'rs are gone — but still we find The honey on his tongue .