The Fancy A Selection from the Poetical Remains of the late Peter Corcoran, of Gray's Inn, Student at Law. With a brief memoir of his life [by J. H. Reynolds] |
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PETER BELLv. PETER BELL.
“A bidding, Ma'am, in two places.”
George Robins.
George Robins.
Two Peters!—two Ballads!—two Bells!—
Ah, which is the serious Poem?
The tales which Simplicity tells,
Are the tales for my heart,—when I know 'em!
Ah, which is the serious Poem?
The tales which Simplicity tells,
Are the tales for my heart,—when I know 'em!
But the Lyrics in these match so well,
And so like is the innocent metre,
That I'm bother'd to death with each Bell,
And lost between Peter and Peter.
And so like is the innocent metre,
That I'm bother'd to death with each Bell,
And lost between Peter and Peter.
Will no one in tenderness lend
A clue to the positive story?—
Or some wretch, in the shape of a Friend,
May waddle away with the glory.
A clue to the positive story?—
Or some wretch, in the shape of a Friend,
May waddle away with the glory.
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Since my mind must some notion be gleaning,
I'll venture the verses to class:—
The Burlesque,—by its having a meaning;—
The Real,—by its having an Ass.
I'll venture the verses to class:—
The Burlesque,—by its having a meaning;—
The Real,—by its having an Ass.
I pity Simplicity's Poet,—
I pity its tradesmen in town;—
'Tis a dead drug, and few so well know it,
As L---, H---, R---, O--- and B---.
I pity its tradesmen in town;—
'Tis a dead drug, and few so well know it,
As L---, H---, R---, O--- and B---.
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