Here you will find the Poem On The Promotion Of Edward Thurlow, Esq. To The Lord High Chancellorship Of England of poet William Cowper
Round Thurlow's head in early youth, And in his sportive days, Fair science poured the light of truth, And genius shed his rays. See! with united wonder, cried The experienced and the sage, Ambition in a boy supplied With all the skill of age. Discernment, eloquence, and grace Proclaim him born to sway The balance in the highest place, And bear the palm away. The praise bestowed was just and wise; He sprang impetuous forth, Secure of conquest, where the prize Attends the superior worth. So the best courser on the plain Ere yet he starts is known, And does but at the goal obtain What all had deemed his own.
