POETRY. STANZAS TO M. T. SADLER, ESQ. M.P. (By an ' Operative.') sing not tbe praises tbat fashion bestows, Which
... thousands have snng of before, Nor worship the titles ambition allows, Which flattery loves to adore. The glory of heroes mnst fall to decay, The votaries of pleasure decline, The higb and the mighty, who gild the glad way, Fall victims at folly's dark shrine. Their deeds and gay trophies soon drop to tbe dost, The marble speaks coldly each name. The laurels lhat natter the conqueror's bust ...