From Tripe-Indentures, ftale, and dry,
Efcap'd to PORTER and a PIE.
Hither, if ye have any Tafte,
Ye BOOTED EVIDENCES hafte!.
Ye LASSES too, both tall and slim,
In Riding Habits drefs'd fo trim,
Who, ufher'd by fome Young Attorney,
Take, each Affize, an Oxford Journey:
All, who fubpana'd on th' Occafion,
Require genteel Accommodation,
Oh hafte to BEN's and Save your Fines
You'd pay at Houses deck'd with Signs!
Lo I, a Cook of Taste and Knowledge,
And bred the Coquus of a College,

Having long known the STUDENT's Bounty,
Now dare to cater for the County.

Come then, of BEN, O come, and buy All

As 'tis Affize-Time, He'll ftand Trial;

His Caufe Succefs will furely crown,

ODE to a GRIZZLE WIG. By a Gentleman who had just left off his Bor.

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LL hail ye CURLS, that rang'd in reverend Row,

With fnowy Pomp my conscious Shoulders hide! That fall beneath in venerable Flow,

And crown my Brows above with feathery Pride!

High on your Summit, Wisdom's mimick'd Air
Sits thron'd, with Pedantry her folemn Sire,
And in her Net of awe-diffufing Hair,
Entangles Fools, and bids the Croud admire.

O'er

O'er every Lock, that floats in full difplay,
Sage Ignorance her Gloom fcholaftic throws;
And ftamps o'er all my Vifage, once fo gay,
Unmeaning Gravity's ferene Repose.

Can thus large Wigs our Reverence engage?
Have Barbers thus the Pow'r to blind our Eyes?
Is Science thus conferr'd on every Sage,

By Baylifs, Blenkingsop, and lofty Wife?

But thou farewell, my Boв! whose thin-wove Thatch
Was ftor'd with Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles,
That love to live within the one-curl'd Scratch,
With Fun, and all the Family of Smiles.

Safe in thy Privilege, near Ifis' Brook,
Whole Afternoons at Wolvercote I quaff'd;
At Eve, my careless Round in High-street took,
And call'd at JOLLY's for the cafual Draught.

No more the Wherry feels my Stroke so true;
At Skittles, in a Grizzle, can I play?
Woodstock, farewell, and Wallingford, adieu!
Where many a Scheme reliev'd the lingering Day.

Such were the Joys that once Hilario crown'd,
E'er grave Preferment came my Peace to rob :
Such are the lefs ambitious Pleasures found
Beneath the Liceat of an humble Boв.

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