The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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TO THE SAME,
IN ANSWER TO A LETTER WRITTEN TO HIM DURING HIS ABSENCE ON A JOURNEY INTO KENT.
FROM THE GATE-POST LEADING TO LEYBURN GRANGE, AUGUST 27, 1786.
Do you ask how I fare, and how matters turn out?
—I am heartily pleas'd; and am happily stout;
—I am heartily pleas'd; and am happily stout;
And can give every wish, except one, it's Quietus;
'Tis a wish, that occurs with each prospect I view;
Let Horace tell Clare, and let Clare tell it you;—
'Tis a wish, that occurs with each prospect I view;
Let Horace tell Clare, and let Clare tell it you;—
“Excepto quod non simul esses, cætera lætus.”
Or if Clare's too engag'd with his Adams and Sandby,
And you'll take a translation in my Nanby Panby,
“Wanting only yourself, to be snug, as snug can be.”
Or if Clare's too engag'd with his Adams and Sandby,
And you'll take a translation in my Nanby Panby,
“Wanting only yourself, to be snug, as snug can be.”
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