Poems on Several Occasions In Two Volumes. By Mr. Joseph Mitchell |
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STANZA's (Publish'd in the Daily Journal.) On Reading the DUNCIAD. |
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STANZA's (Publish'd in the Daily Journal.) On Reading the DUNCIAD.
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An Herd of Swine, to the deep Sea,Was headlong hurl'd, in Holy Writ:
Another Here, as all agree,
Is sunk in an Abyss of Wit.
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But, as the Devils, in that Case,The silly, wretched, Cattle drown'd;
Who cou'd, but Devils, in this Place,
Plunge Poets, in the vast Profound?
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No Wonder Those contrive that TheseShou'd share of their allotted Hell—
Devils have ever us'd such Ways
With Mortals, since from Heaven they fell.
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Now, cou'd ought give ill-fated ElvesMalignant Pleasure, 'twould be this,
“To think their Torturers are themselves
“Tormented in the black Abyss.
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