The Court of Chancery: a satirical poem / By Reginald James Blewitt.

  • Blewitt, Reginald James, 1799-1878.
Date:
1827
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Court of Chancery: a satirical poem / By Reginald James Blewitt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A light, that glimmers thro* some narrow screen, Which scarce admits the feeble ray between ; A poison’d bubble, floating in the air, That, when it bursts, will leave it’s venom there ; A Gorgon’s head, on which the eye, once set, Must think with terror, and not soon forget ; A monster gliding underneath the wave, That but appears, to prove the swimmers grave ; A flame that gouls from moulder’d coffins rouse To shew the horrors of the Charnel-house ; A lamp of Hell, by imp malignant wrought To scare the sight, and agonize the thought; ’Tis this, that mars all peace ; engenders strife* And adds self-ruin to the woes of life. See, from the dust a novel creature spring, The serpent’s nature with an eagles wing! W ith tooth so sharp, and pow’r to soar as high Thro’ all the pathless realms of sophistry !