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EPIGRAM I.
[A Vicar in a certain vale]
HOC AGE.
A Vicar in a certain vale,
His farmers thus addrest;
“As much, good friends, as you love ale,
“So much do I love rest:
His farmers thus addrest;
“As much, good friends, as you love ale,
“So much do I love rest:
“One humming cag, behind the stairs,
“This cellar key secures;
“Bate me but half to-morrow's prayers,
“And half that cag is yours.”
“This cellar key secures;
“Bate me but half to-morrow's prayers,
“And half that cag is yours.”
Doctrine so feelingly propos'd,
His eager audience snapt;
The morrow came; the church stood clos'd;
The humming cag was tapt.
His eager audience snapt;
The morrow came; the church stood clos'd;
The humming cag was tapt.
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Bumper by bumper, jug by jug,
A gradual vacuum made;
Till hollow round the mid-way plug,
Alarming echoes play'd.
A gradual vacuum made;
Till hollow round the mid-way plug,
Alarming echoes play'd.
“Doctor!” exclaim'd a child of fun,
“O! heed what we implore!
“And since so far so well you've done,
“E'en do a little more!
“O! heed what we implore!
“And since so far so well you've done,
“E'en do a little more!
“Snug as we are, thus hand to fist,
“What pity 'twere to wag!—
“Rest the whole day, if so you list,
“And give us all the cag!”
“What pity 'twere to wag!—
“Rest the whole day, if so you list,
“And give us all the cag!”
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