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The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop

... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare
Bishop, Samuel (1731-1795)

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VOL. I.
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ODES.
  
HYMN ON THE SPRING.
  
THE MAN OF TASTE:
  
THE PREACHER:
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THE FAIRY BENISON;
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THE FAIRY BENISON;
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SCENE I.
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VERSES ON OCCASIONAL SUBJECTS.
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VOL. II.

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EPIGRAM XXI.

[I'm sick, said Jack, I faint, I die]

QUOD PETIS, HIC EST.

I'm sick, said Jack, I faint, I die,
Whene'er a coxcomb meets my eye;
Hence daily, hourly, I endure
A pain, that will admit no cure.
“No cure!” quoth Richard, “by the mass!”
“Why learn to dress without a glass.”
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