Epigram

ON THE BRAZIERS' ADDRESS TO BE PRESENTED IN ARMOUR BY THE COMPANY TO QUEEN CAROLINE.

IT seems that the Braziers propose soon to pass An Address and to bear it themselves all in brass; A superfluous pageant, for by the Lord Harry! They'll find, where they're going, much more than they carry.

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THE Braziers, it seems, are determined to pass An Address, and present it themselves all in brass:-- A superfluous {pageant/trouble} for, by the Lord Harry! They'll find, where they're going, much more than they carry.

January 6, 1821. [First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 442.]