"Thrice shou'd Rebellion rear her Head, / With Front of Brass, but Heart of Lead"
An Ode, to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, February 6. 1741. On His Ceasing to Be Minister. Being a Just Panegyric on a Great Minister, the Revolution, and Hanover Succession. [from A Collection of Original Poems and Translations]
3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1745, 1765).<br>
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Text from <u>A Collection of Original Poems and Translations. By John Whaley, M. A. Fellow of Kingâ€™s-College, Cambridge.</u> (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by R. Manby, and H.S. Cox, on Ludgate-Hill, 1745). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T101302">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>Ode. In Imitation of Horace, Ode III. L. iii. Iustum Ac Tenacem Propositi Virum. Addressed to the Right Honorable Sir Robert Walpole: On Ceasing to Be Minister. February VI. MDCCXLI. Designed a Just Panegyric, on a Great Minister, the Glorious Revolution, Protestant Succession, and Principles of Liberty. To Which Is Added the Original Ode, Defended, in Commentariolo. By Sir William Browne, M.D.</u> (London: Printed, and sold, by W. Owen, near Temple-Bar, 1765). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T9002">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;