Charles Hanbury Williams

British politician, diplomat and poet (1708-1759)

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, KB (8 December 1708 – 2 November 1759) was a Welsh diplomat, writer and satirist. He was a Member of Parliament from 1734 until his death.

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  • Dear Betty, come give me sweet kisses,
      For sweeter no girl ever gave:
    But why, in the midst of our blisses,
      Do you ask me how many I’d have?
    I’m not to be stinted in pleasure;
      Then, prithee, dear Betty, be kind,
    For, as I love thee beyond measure,
      To numbers I’ll not be confin’d.
  • A little vain we both may be,
      Since scarce another house can show,
    A poet, that can sing like me;
      A beauty, that can charm like you.
    • "An Ode on Miss Harriet Hanbury, at Six Years Old", st. 6, in Odes (1775), p. 23
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