TO LORD BYRON, &c. &c. &c. -(By verax.) BARD! of ungentle wayward mood, At vinegar how danc'd thine eyes! Before thy lips a word could utter: And oft the dame to hush thy cries, Strew wormwood on your bread and butter: Mustard, how strong so'er the sort is, Could ne'er draw moisture from thine eye; Not gall, nor even aquafortis, Could ever set thy face awry! Thus train'd, a Satirist thy mind, Soon caught the bitter and the sour; And all those various pow'rs combin'd, Produc'd "CHILDE HAROLD" and "THE GIAOUR." Another Translation from the Irish Bard CAROLAN. With pleasure I sing of the Maid, Who in beauty and wit doth excel; My LETTY the fairest shall lead, And from beauties shall bear off the Belle. Her neck to the swan I'll compare, Her face to the brightness of day, And is he not blest who shall share, In the beauties her bosom display? "Tis thus the fair Maid I commend, Whose words are than music more sweet: No bliss can on Woman attend, But with thee! dear LETITIA we meet. Your beauties should still be my song, But my glass I devote now to thee: May the health that I wish thee be long, And if sick, be it love-sick for me. How vastly pleasing is my tale, I found my watch at Doneraile. My Dublin watch, my chain & sea, Were all restor'd at Doneraile. May fire and brimstone ever fail, To hurt or injure Doneraile. May neither fiend or foe assail, The gen'rous town of Doneraile. May light'ning never singe the vale, That leads to darling Doneraile. May Pompey's fate at old Pharsale, Be still revers'd at Donerafle. May beef and mutton lamb and veal, Plenty create in Doneraile. May garlic soup or scurvy cale, No palate spoil at Doneraile. May neither frog or creeping shail, Subtract the crops of Doneraile. May Heav'n each chosen bliss entail, On honest, friendly Doneraile. May Sol or Luna never fail, To shine and blaze at Doneraile. May ev'ry soft ambrosial gale, Waft ev'ry bliss to Doneraile. May ev'ry cuckoo, thrush & quail, A consort form at Doneraile. May ev'ry Post, Gazette and Mail, Glad tidings bring to Doneraile. May no harsh thunder ring a peal, To incommode sweet Doneraile. May profit high, and speedy sale, Enlarge the trade of Doneraile. May fame resound a pleasing tale, Of ev'ry joy at Doneraile. May Egypt's plagues for ever fail, To hurt or injure Doneraile. May frost or snow, or sleet or hail, No mischief do at Doneraile. May Oscar with his fiery flail, Thrash all the foes of Doneraile. May all from Belfast to Kinsale, May Charon's Boat for ever sail, Without a man from Doneraile. May gallows, gibbet, stocks & gaol, Aldborough, Rt. Hon. Lord Ashe, Rev. E. Vicar Kilferyns, B Burke, Sir John Bart. Knight of Do. Browne, A. Esq. Fort-Browne, Burke, Gerald Esq. Cloonagh, Bourke, M. General, K. C. B. Bellew, C. D. Esq. Mt.-Bellew, Do. Bourke, Joseph Esq. M. D. Browne, Mrs. J. Dublin, Blake, P. Esq. Corbally, Barlow, Mrs. Errott, Bald, Wm. Esq. Castlebar, Bingham, Denis Esq. Erris, Bowen, Christopher Esq. Brady, Rev. W. P. P. Loughglyn, Blake, H. M. Esq. Butler, Rev. Wm. A. Cottage, Barclay, Richard Esq. Borough, Mrs. M. Borough, Richard Esq. Banks, P. Esq. M. D. Ennis, Burke, Michael Esq. Cork, C Clanricarde, Rt. Hon. Countess Clancarty, Right Hon. Earl Clanmorris, Right Hon. Lady Clanmorris, Right Hon. Lord Charlemont, Right Hon. Earl Coan, Right Rev. Doctor Cong, Lord Bishop of Carroll, J. F. Esq. M. D. Limk. Crips, Robert William Esq. Cronin, Daniel esq. Park, Chambers, Rev. G. P. P. Birr, Cronin, Rev. John Aug. Cudmore, Daniel Esq. Carr, Mr. James Limerick, Currie, R. Esq. Caswell, Samuel Esq. Do. Carey, William Esq. Do. Carte, Edward Esq. Do. Carey, J. W. Esq. Edenboro' Cussen, Mr. P. Limerick, Cronin, Rev. D. P. P. P. Well, Cussen, Mr. H. Courtneyarms, Cavanagh, Mr. William Costello, Rev. T. O'Brien Connery, Rev. Edmond P. P. Coote, Chitley, Esq. Do. Collins, Rev. Mort, P. P. Effin, Cantillon, M. Esq. |