FOE TRT. __ 



MARTIAL LIB. VIII. EPIG. lii. IMITATED, 

 I. 

 When flviil you end my thou gliUefs bard ? 



V/hat rea.Tis of verses would )0u write? 

 V¥'';cho\ir an atom of reward, 



Though all aduiire your ev'ry f; ght. 

 II. 

 The camp, the city, and the court. 



The f.iriner plodding at his plo'Jgh, 

 The premier seeking e.ich resr.rt, v 



To pay our debts the devil knows how : 

 III. 

 All these and fif:y thousand others, 



Have learn'd your clrarmins od^s by heirt; 

 Though spite their ridmlratioii smothers, 

 Ev'n critics murmur your desert. 



IV. 



V/htn creeds, and .""irces, and reviews. 



And dictionaries pas: ail number, 

 Shall plug the windows of our stews. 



As tight as Jemmy Eoswell's lumber : • 



V. 



WheT you have jstted in a jiil, 



Without one turf your bones to cover, 

 The milk maid, blufhing o'ei- her pail. 



Shall tune your ballads to her lover. 



VI. 



The fliephcrd while his lambs'are faeding,- 



And hii fond bantlings throng to hear. 

 Shall on the daisy, where he's reading, 

 Drop the pure, homage of a tear, 

 vn. 

 Let others in their lofty rhime, _ 



Raise ruffi.in valour to the (kies,- 

 But icorri to prostitute your time, 

 ' In teachirg homicide di'. guise. 



viu. 

 T*were pis: all Greek, — aJlShikcspeare's glory, , 



If tender, Imocent, amusing. 

 While nst en tnn.e profana y-ur story, 

 Kelly rtial! th.nk it worth pc;usirg. 



3X. 



For sinpe in bjby clothes young nature, 



F>rs". trie.) ten thoiiSind oibs to whirl, 

 There h^s no: smilei in mortal feature, 



So lovely, JO divine t g'rl 1 Bombardinio: 



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