Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-06-27

FABLkS FoR rliE HOLY ALLIANCE.
By THOMAS MOORE.
TnE LOOMING GLASSES.

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Whers Kings have been ~ ,ini, election,
ilsisG 10 the throne I'll, >irai:s, 20 see
What i!f rem, aud what ODD p-i f.ciions
Men have required in No,alty.
some, lIhdne norarchs large AMI pInr,v,
H"e ehes'n their Sovereign by IN. weight
som wish'd them iail-N'mc thought youc dunipy
Ouch built the trsc 10 giumatr.a
The tssierns, In a Prince. u. said,
Prefer what's callh iolter.tea,i-i
Inc Egyptians wsrnf ut all partic'ar,
,,s 80 'eH, ih"ir kinss had NOT re-, hair
ne tduli not ev'n The greatest stckler
t"r th" blood royal well could bear
A thousand ,rore such illustrations
miBh1 be addu,cd from various nations.
bpi 'inung the meuy tales they Tell us
Tourhing "a acqur'd or natural right
Which some men baye to rule their fellows
There's one, which shall here recite -
Fable.
There was n land---to name the plnee
Is neither new nv wish nor dnty-
Nberr reignd certain iioyal race
by right ~ ;heir Superior beHuty
What wSs the cut legitimate
Of ihsse great persons rhins and nUse.
by right Oi which ,hey r,l'd the stale,
No history have seen discoSes.
But 81 IL visa settled cnse-
SOre act of Parliament. prssid Spugiv,
Hal voted them a heaat rare
Aud all their faithful subjects ugly.
As rank, inteed, stool high or low.
SONG Charge II made il visual organs
Sonr Peer were decent Knights, 30 so,
But all your COMMON people, .orgons !
q course, IL any kGave but Limited
Thai The King, nose was burned Hwrv
Or that the Queen God save us) ,,luiried--
be judges dOuu.ed that kruve 10 die
Ent rarely things likc this uccurd
The people to heir Mug wsee duieoUs
AMI took It, on his royal word,
That they we're flights and he was beauteops.
The cause whereof among nh classes,
Was simply ,his-these island elves
lad never yet seen lookihg-glRsses,
And, therefore, did nos kRotr tbcmseiUsi.
Sometimes, indeed, tLeir mel AAbors, fpre.
as ft.ll nfFa
ghnre trssh 'han 'bos- in certain places;
But, LORD, 'hc very thought was treason!
Besides howe'er We love our nsiyhlor,,
And take his faces part, Ills known
We never bali 50 earnest labor,
A. when the ince attack'd's our own.
So on they went-the crowd Relieving
as crow D. well g,yeind aiNnvs dol
Their rulers too themselves deserving
50 Old tie joke. they tLoughi u true
B1l j@kes, We know, if they too G. 90,
Mus Rave an emil and 80 one der
Upon ihHI coast there cargo
Oi lorhirg- glasses est Away.
'rwLs said some ;,adicais samewher.
Hoo .sid heir wicked heads toceiher
Agd igrc,' th1t SIP To- founder there,
Hhiie some iShcVt IL WaS The weatheT.
How ever his nigh, be, she fright
W - land d y ithnut fees duties;
AMI frnr itRi bOGr historians date
The cswr!A 81 tn race 81 hesn,ies.
The lN9kir. -enssts 20, about
Ati grew -r coniuton Jhrou III the land,
Thai ,cN e tukor ~vuid walk out
Ni'h. 2. mirror hi. hams.
Compel ag trees n...rr'ng, room,
and nch;, 'Irir c. n>ia't occupation
is! uiui Il i"okinE asses, sunu
TLer grew uC ~ Feirc.'rg nati0u.
In vain ;ta Csurt,aw ~ Of errors
~ Attic ola .cstRb.is .et msztrds,
lrOh itF! III use of tuirrutS,
Aud ,rir.' L. bisaA t.en az al haIsrds.
In iin, her laws u ighi Just as vel
Haze ereu waste per uu the shelves;
That o. al irf.Ett ma hrpke he spell,
l4 ID Oh q Qk a. 4 In. snts aTu
ii chance puke, Of ina sublime,
pceIni' UpOY his ancicnt f,ce,
(SOg.r r~.f-h-Uo, Uglv nom az timel
tbey Foprd "a mirr"' o. bis Grace
Jus, ii'iig'y ,hai gentle ign,
Nov i;flc Stature hnds Il 'rac.
Tlur Thttis caipi an aucirpr line,
hiU'i bs tie line OF bcan'y too.
From nnkes they passed TO regal phizses
CoupHr'd them proudly with their own
AND rriet, allow cop II such INDUSTRIOUS uuizEes
81 Ia braui> name psurp tie throne :"
They tea wrot oSsays pamphlets, books,
ON CnsInetcat e.ni.ciu,
NLict modc the Kiue Ia various looks,
Bat none imprpv'd his phi siUgnomy.
And saUres ~ the Conr; they levell'd
ana sira'i l1n'pIOus. 50 inll Ot slynessrs,
That soon, IN short, ih,v quite Lpdevud
Theii MJesties and hoyaI iighnesseS.
4, iensfh-bui here drop The veil.
To spare some loyal folks sensations -
Bcsidrs, what follows IS The tale
Oh st such late-enIighlered nations.
Of an to whom u.d mo discusses
truth they should have sooner Known
Thai Ntngs have neither rights nor noses
y hit diviner iiaH their own.
The Goihs had slaw 70 choose always short thick n
G tbeiF kiug.-Nmsier, CosRiog. iib iii. =. isf
In Prince isiIeT-bead is invaluable. - O7ssr
led SPorfs.
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