Lord Enniskillen is an Ass- --enter to Lord Grantham; Bold, generous, noisy, swearing friends-- Till they have gain'd their private ends, And that their patrons want 'em.
The Earl of Harewood is an Ass- --ured help in trouble; For, when his Lordship condescends, Out of a scrape to help his friends, He only makes it double.
The Earl of Morley is an Ass- --istant to Lord Granville; His head outside is rich in shoot; But to beat anything into 't I'd rather thump an anvil.
Crazy Lord Erskine is an Ass- --ortment of all follies: He was the first to slur the Queen; But since his trip to Gretna Green, He's wondrous kind to dollies.
The good Lord Kenyon is an Ass- --uager of dissension; With feeble voice, and maudlin eye, He would have pray'd for infamy, And granted sin a pension.
The Lord Ashburton is an Ass- --iduous attender; No voter for the Queen is stouter, Although he knows no more about her, Than of the Witch of Endor.
The Duke of Leinster is an Ass- --ociate whom she flatters; Though, by two uncles he has seen, To hate a King, and love a Queen, Are rather ticklish matters.
In short, each Whig Lord is an Ass- --emblage of all merit; And to reward their virtuous lives, May all their daughters and their wives The Queen's good taste inherit.
Lord Blessington's a stage-struck Ass- --umer of Lothario; But by his talents, wit, or grace, (Had he but eyes to find his place,) He's fitter for Paddy Cary O!
Lord Steward Cholmondeley is an Ass- --imilate Polonius! He dares not blame "the mob-led Queen," Though he best knows, her loves have been What others call erroneous.
Lord Arden's an official Ass- --ignee of naval prizes; And, as the moon affects the seas, His loyalty obeys his fees, And with them falls or rises.
Lord Hampden is a twaddling Ass- --assin of our patience; This Guelphic Knight, so dire and thin, Rides his white horse in the train of sin, Like Death in the Revelations!
MICHAEL'S DINNER; OR, STAUNCH FRIENDS TO REFORM.
Fair Reform--celestial maid! Hope of Britons!--hope of Britons! Calls her followers to her aid; She has fit ones!--she has fit ones! They would brave, in danger's day, Death to win her!--Death to win her! If they met not by the way Michael's dinner--Michael's dinner!