Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent

thumb| Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, PC (1709 – 13 October 1788) was an Anglo-Irish politician and poet. He was tersely described by Richard Glover as a jovial and voluptuous Irishman who had left "Popery" for the Protestant religion, money and widows. Quotes Remote from liberty and truth,By fortune's crime, my early youthDrank error's poisoned springs. "An Ode to William Pulteney", l. 1, in Dodsley's Collection, 2nd ed. (1763), vol. 2, pp. 210-212 Though Cato lived, though Tully spoke,Though Brutus dealt the godlike stroke,Yet perished fated Rome. "An Ode to William Pulteney", l. 40 Safer with multitudes to stray,Than tread alone a fairer way:To mingle with the erring throng,Than boldly speak ten millions wrong. "An Epistle to a Lady", l. 87, in Dodsley's Collection, 2nd ed. (1763), vol. 2, pp. 198-205 Whoever would be pleased and please,Must do what others do with ease. "An Epistle to a Lady", l. 133 External links