And thus we see—who doubts the Morning Post?
(Whose articles are like the “Thirty-nine,”
Which those most swear to who believe them most)—
Our gay Russ Spaniard was ordained to shine,
Decked by the rays reflected from his host,
With those who, Pope says, “greatly daring dine.”—
’Tis odd, but true—last war the News abounded
More with these dinners than the killed or wounded;—