On The Burning Of Lord Mansfields Library, Together With His Mss., By The Mob, In The Month Of June 1780.
By William Cowper
So thenthe Vandals of our isle,
Sworn foes to sense and law,
Have burnt to dust a nobler pile
Than ever Roman saw!
And Murray sighs oer Pope and Swift,
And many a treasure more,
The well-judged purchase and the gift
That graced his letterd store.
Their pages mangled, burnt, and torn,
The loss was his alone;
But ages yet to come shall mourn
The burning of his own.