"--GALT'S _Life
of Byron_.
[2] "The gelatinous character of their effusions." _Ibid_.
[3] "The poetical embalmment or rather amber immortalization."--
_Ibid_.
[4] "Sitting amidst the shrouds and rattlings, churning an inarticulate
melody."--_Ibid_.
[5] "He was a mystery in a winding sheet, crowned with a halo."--
_Ibid_.
RESOLUTIONS
PASSED AT A LATE MEETING OF REVERENDS AND RIGHT REVERENDS.
Resolved--to stick to every particle
Of every Creed and every Article;
Reforming naught, or great or little,
We'll stanchly stand by every tittle,
And scorn the swallow of that soul
Which cannot boldly bolt the whole.[1]
Resolved that tho' St. Athanasius
In damning souls is rather spacious--
Tho' wide and far his curses fall,
Our Church "hath stomach for them all;"
And those who're not content with such,
May e'en be damned ten times as much.
Resolved--such liberal souls are we--
Tho' hating Nonconformity,
We yet believe the cash no worse is
That comes from Nonconformist purses.
Indifferent _whence_ the money reaches
The pockets of our reverend breeches,
To us the Jumper's jingling penny
Chinks with a tone as sweet as any;
And even our old friends Yea and Nay
May thro' the nose for ever pray,
If _also_ thro' the nose they'll pay.
Resolved that Hooper,[2] Latimer,[3]
And Cranmer,[4] all extremely err,
In taking such a low-bred view
Of what Lords Spiritual ought to do:--
All owing to the fact, poor men,
That Mother Church was modest then,
Nor knew what golden eggs her goose,
The Public, would in time produce.
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