On Sir ELIJAH IMPEY refusing to resign his Gown as CHIEF JUSTICE OF BENGAL.

Of yore, ELIJAH, it is stated,
By angels when to Heav’n translated,
Before the saint aloft would ride,
His prophet’s robe he cast aside;
Thinking the load might sorely gravel
His porters on so long a travel;
But our ELIJAH somewhat doubting,
To him SAINT PETER may prove flouting,
And wisely of his mantle thinking,
That its furr’d weight may aid his sinking,
Scornful defies his namesake’s joke,
And swears by G—d he’ll keep his cloak.

ANOTHER.

By Mr. WILBERFORCE.

On reading Mr. ROSE’s Pamphlet on the IRISH PROPOSITIONS.

Uncramp’d yourself by grammar’s rules,
You hate the jargon of the schools,
And think it most extremely silly;
But reading your unfetter’d prose,
I wish the too-licentious ROSE
Was temper’d by the chaster LILLY[1].

[1] A famous grammarian, well known for his excellent rules, and still more for the happy classical quotations he has furnished to Sir GEORGE HOWARD, and others of the more learned Ministerial speakers.