Occasion'd By Seeing The Honourable --- Treat A Person Of Merit With Insolence
Mary Barber 1685 – 1755
Contented in my humble State,
I look with Pity on the Great;
Who only Birth, or Wealth, respect,
And treat true Merit with neglect.
O Pow'r supreme! let me implore
Some Little from thy boundless Store!
Give me a constant, small Support,
Without the Plague of paying Court!
Let none but Fools, who pine to rise,
Be curs'd to bow, where they despise.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | AABB CCDDEE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 347 |
| Words | 65 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
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