Classic Poem

Is there a Man, whose fix'd and steady Soul
No Flatt'ry can seduce, no Fear control;
Constant to Virtue, resolutely just,
True to his Friend, his Country, and his Trust:
Like Tully , Guardian of the Roman State,
Is Patriot, Lawyer, Orator compleat;
If such there be, O! let your noble Zeal
Advance him to defend the Public Weal.

Painters and Poets are in this alike,
Mean Artists oft a strong Resemblance strike;
And who can this unfinish'd Picture see,
But owns, O STANNARD! it was drawn for thee.