His crime was for being a felon in verse,
And presenting his theft to the king;
The first was a trick not uncommon or scarce,
But the last was an impudent thing;
Yet what he had stol’n was so little worth stealing,
They forgave him the damage and cost:
Had he ta’en the whole ode, as he took it piece-mealing,
They had fin’d him but ten-pence at most.
The poet whom he was charges with robbing was Congreve.
He wrote another poem on the death of the duke of Gloucester.
In 1710 he became fellow of the college; and next year, entering into orders, was presented by the society with a living in Warwickshire, consistent with the fellowship, and chosen lecturer of moral philosophy, a very honourable office.
On the accession of queen Anne he wrote another poem; and is said, by the author of the Biographia, to have declared himself of the party who had the honourable distinction of High-churchmen.
In 1706 he was received into the family of the duke of Beaufort. Next year he became
