Moderate Men and Moderate Measures
George Canning 1770 (Marylebone, Middlesex) – 1827 (Chiswick, Middlesex)
Praise to placeless proud ability,
Let the prudent muse disclaim;
And sing the Statesman--all civility--
Whom moderate talents raise to fame.
He, no random projects urging,
Make us wild alarms to feel;
With moderate measures, gently purging
Ills that prey on Britain's weal.
CHORUS.
Gently purging,
Gently purging,
Gently purging Britain's weal.
Addington, with measured motion,
Keep the tenor of thy way;
To glory yield no rash devotion,
Led by luring lights astray;
Splendid talents are deceiving;
Tend to councils much too bold;
Moderate men we prize, believing,
All that glitters is not gold.
GRAND CHORUS.
All that Glisters,
All that Glisters,
All that Glisters is not gold!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ababcdcd eCCd fgfgchch eEEh |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 685 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 8, 4 |
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