It is said, the Great Men, who are seized with the pouts, <br /> At their suddenly alter'd condition; <br />Who so late were the Ins, and so soon were the Outs, <br /> Have decreed a severe Opposition. <br /> <br /> <br />Nor will it be wonder'd at, greatly, if those <br /> Who're deprived of unmerited treasures, <br />As of old, should determine the Men to oppose, <br /> Though their consciences sanction the Measures. <br /> <br /> <br />Such threats are, by Britons, too well understood <br /> To create any just apprehensions; <br />Nor can they, who, in power, accomplish no good, <br /> Now appal us by evil intentions.<br /><br />George Canning<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-new-old-opposition/
