ADVICE to the Marquis of ROCKINGHAM, upon a late Occasion. Written in 1765, by an OLD COURTIER. David Garrick 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. T124631 1073 K099398.000 Mendez, Moses. A collection of the most esteemed pieces of poetry: that have appeared for several years. With variety of originals, by the late Moses Mendez, Esq; and other contributors to Dodsley's collection. To which this is intended as a supplement. London printed for Richardson and Urquhart 1767 pp. 139-140. [8],320p. ; 8⁰.

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ADVICE to the Marquis of ROCKINGHAM , upon a late Occasion . Written in 1765 , by an OLD COURTIER . WELL may they , Wentworth , call thee young , What hear and feel ! sift right from wrong , And to a wretch be kind ! Old statesmen would reverse your plan , Sink , in the minister , the man , And be both deaf and blind ! If thus , my lord , your heart o'erflows , Know you , how many mighty foes Such weakness will create you ? Regard not what Fitzherbert says , For tho' you gain each good man's praise , We older folks shall hate you . You should have sent , the other day , G—k , the player , with frowns away , Your smiles but made him bolder ; Why would you hear his strange appeal , Which dar'd to make a statesman feel ? I would that you were older ! You should be proud , and seem displeas'd , Or you for ever will be teaz'd , Your house with beggars haunted : What , ev'ry suitor kindly us'd ? If wrong , their folly is excus'd , If right , their suit is granted . From pressing crowds of great and small , To free yourself , give hopes to all , And fail nineteen in twenty : What , wound my honour , break my word ! You're young again — You may , my lord , Have precedents in plenty ! Indeed , young statesman , 'twill not do , — Some other ways and means pursue , More fitted to your station ! What from your boyish freeks can spring ? Mere toys ! — The favour of your king , And love of all the nation .