"The flannel Crew / With cunning joy the fond repentance view, / Pronounce Him bless'd, his miracles proclaim, / Teach the slight croud t' adore his hallow'd name, / Exalt his praise above the Saints of old, / And coin his sinking conscience into Gold."
An Epistle from Florence. To T. A. Esq Tutor to the Earl of Pâ€”
At least 11 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1748, 1751, 1755, 1758, 1763, 1765, 1766, 1775, 1782, 1789, 1798).<br>
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Written in the Year 1740. First published as "An Epistle from Florence. To T. A. Esq Tutor to the Earl of Pâ€”." See descriptions as "An Epistle from Florence. To Thomas Ashton, Esq. Tutor to the Earl of Plymouth." Manuscripts in Lewis Walpole Library and Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.<br>
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Text from <u>A Collection of Poems in Three Volumes. By Several Hands.</u> (London: Printed by J. Hughs, for R. Dodsley, 1748). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004876472.0001.003">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br>
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Found also in <u>Fugitive Pieces in Verse and Prose</u> (1758) and Bell's <u>Fugitive Poetry</u> (1789). 