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agen beſt Bleffings bleft boaſt BODLEIAN LIBRARY Breaft call'd ceaſe Charms chearful CHRISTOPHER PITT claffic CORYDON crown'd dear Derry diſplay divine Duft E'en e'er EPIGRAM Erft ev'ry Eyes facred fafely faid fair Fame Fate fecure feen fhall fhould fing firſt fome foon freſh Friend ftand ftill fuch fure fweet Genius Glaſs Gown Grace grave Greece hafte Head himſelf Houſe Imitation inſpire juft Kings laft laſt lefs loft looſe lov'd Love Maem Mallard merum Mifs moft moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt Mutton MUTTON PIES ne'er o'er once Oxford pafs Pallas pleaſe Pleaſure Poet Poetical Pow'r Praiſe Pride Queen reft Rhyme rife ſee ſeen Senfe Shade ſhall ſhe ſome Song Soul SPLENDID SHILLING ſpread Tafte Taſte tell thee thefe theſe thine thoſe thou Thought thouſand thro Town turn'd Twas Verfe Verſe ween whofe whoſe Wife Wiſhes Youth
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Page 53 - My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury and encroaching frosts, By time subdued (what will not time subdue !) An horrid chasm disclose, with orifice Wide, discontinuous ; at which the winds Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter, with dire chilling blasts Portending agues.
Page 52 - Of loving friend delights ; distressed, forlorn, Amidst the horrors of the tedious night, Darkling I sigh, and feed with dismal thoughts My anxious mind ; or sometimes mournful verse Indite, and sing of groves and myrtle shades, Or desperate lady near a purling stream, Or lover pendent on a willow-tree.
Page 49 - Wisheth her health, and joy, and equal love. Meanwhile, he smokes, and laughs at merry tale, Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint.
Page 84 - tis not at all hard, For it was a swapping, swapping MALLARD. Oh ! by the blood, &c, Therefore let us sing and dance a galliard, To the remembrance of the MALLARD: And as the MALLARD dives in pool, Let us dabble, dive, and duck in bowl. Oh ! by the blood of King Edward, Oh ! by the blood of King Edward, It was a swapping, swapping MALLARD.
Page 72 - Far from the vermin of the town, Here let me rather live, my own ; Doze o'er a pipe...
Page 50 - Thus, while my joyless minutes tedious flow, With looks demure, and silent pace, a Dun, Horrible monster ! hated by gods and men, To my aerial citadel ascends.* With vocal heel thrice...
Page 125 - Transporting love Reigns in my heart, and makes me all its own. So when bright Venus yielded up her charms, The blest Adonis...
Page 192 - And feels the tasteless breast equestrian fires ? And dwells such mighty rage in graver 'Squires '( In all attempts, but for their country, bold, Britain, thy conscript Counsellors behold ; (For some, perhaps, by fortune favour'd yet, May gain a borough, from a lucky bet,) Smit with the love of the laconic boot, The cap, and wig succinct, the silken suit, Mere modern Phaetons, usurp the rein, And scour in rival race the tempting plain. See, side by side, his jockey and Sir John Discuss th' important...
Page 97 - Or fweeps the town, which once he ferv'd before. BUT, by this roving meteor led, I tend Beyond my theme, forgetful of my friend. Then take advice ; I preach not out of time, When good lord Middlefex is bent on rhyme. Their humour check'd, or inclination croft, Sometimes the friendfhip of the great is loft. Unlefs call'd out to wench, be fure comply...
Page 58 - Not unexperienced ; while the tedious toil Slides unregarded. Let the tender swain Each morn regale on nerve-relaxing tea, Companion meet of languor-loving nymph: Be mine each morn with eager appetite And hunger undissembled, to repair To friendly buttery; there on smoking crust And foaming Ale to banquet unrestrain'd, Material breakfast!