Wesley, Samuel, the Younger (1691-1739)

An Ode to the Rev. Daniel Prat, M. A. Occasioned by of His. [from Poems on Several Occasions, 2nd ed.]

1862

"When reason gets into the throne, / The court shall teach us to be godly."

E'en let the grumbler rave that will;
  While Handel plays, we need not fear him.
Paulet and Hungerford, be still:
  Lechmere and Wharton, hear him, hear him!
When reason gets into the throne,
  The court shall teach us to be godly;
Pipes sound with breath that's not their own:
  Is Fleetwood such an one, or Hoadly?

Government::Throne

HDIS (Poetry)

Text from Poems on Several Occasions. By Samuel Wesley. A New Edition, Including Many Pieces Never Before Published. Edited, and Illustrated With Copious Notes, by the Late James Nichols. With a Life of the Author by William Nichols. (London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1862).

08/26/2004