Part 2

Hail! to the man who greatly spends his days, In deeds of glory ’bove the Muse’s praise; With grateful raptures may his heart still glow, And healthy roses in his face still blow; Yet may he long survive, ALL Norfolk’s pride, And ’MID THE PEERAGE o’er her weal preside; This is his due, and should _be_ his reward, Although he does not much the boon regard; ’Tis only just his Patriot brows should wear, The dazzling coronet which decks a Peer; For though the bauble he may wisely slight, It sometimes dignifies, and wears so bright: The man it _graces_, and exalts so high, Among the glitt’ring stars which gild the sky; That those who wear it as it was designed, Are raised to Gods among the humbler kind: Still some will think who most his merits scan, He’d better live and die the PEOPLES’ MAN; And still be called, acknowledged, and believed, _The greatest Commoner who ever lived_; And that which won the plaudits of the wise, Through life; remain his glory when he dies. O may his vigorous frame feel no decay, But heat receding gently wear away; His hopes still _bright’ning_ as he views the tomb, While _Virtue’s_ beams, his closing scene illume; And, like the day star in the rubied west, Shine FULLER, LOVELIER, as he sinks to rest. When rising ’mong the spheres his spirit soars, As highest Heaven’s Empyrean he explores; Glides ’mid the stars, surveys the milky way, Exulting in the bright celestial day; Then may _indulgent_ Heaven delight his shade, With aided ken, the curtain to pervade; Which hides the realms ethereal from our sight, And that bright region clouds with shades of night; So from his glory in yon azure sky, He still his earthly Paradise shall ’spy; There see his Heirs adorn the name of COKE, And all the COUNTY _still to_ HOLKHAM _look_: Behold a race of Patriots from him rise, In training there, to meet him in the skies: Still join unseen among her festive guests; And feel the rapture which delights their breasts: Enjoy THIS PARADISE, or _Heaven_ at _will_, The GUARDIAN GENIUS of his HOLKHAM STILL.

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_Printed by W. Upcroft_, _Magdalen Street_, _Norwich_.

Footnotes

{16} The Suspension of the HABEAS CORPUS ACT.