 | Churchill defended, a poem |  |
On that important, and tremendous Day
When Earth's extensive Globe shall melt away,
When all of mortal Race their Doom shall know
From a Court juster far than these below;
To Churchill's Lot I'd rather be consign'd
Than e'er a Prelate's with a haughty Mind;
Whose oily Skin, I grant, is very sleek,
And lively the Vermilion of his Cheek;
Who always in his Chamber has display'd
The Bible, as from it he holds his Trade,
But never all the while once in it looks
More than I read in Mason's pretty Books;
And who, when Dinner's Hour arrives at length,
If he but feels a Stomach in full Strength,
Obeys, with Joy, the Bell's harmonious Call,
Nor cares a Rush for Peter, nor for Paul.
When Earth's extensive Globe shall melt away,
When all of mortal Race their Doom shall know
From a Court juster far than these below;
To Churchill's Lot I'd rather be consign'd
Than e'er a Prelate's with a haughty Mind;
Whose oily Skin, I grant, is very sleek,
And lively the Vermilion of his Cheek;
Who always in his Chamber has display'd
The Bible, as from it he holds his Trade,
But never all the while once in it looks
More than I read in Mason's pretty Books;
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If he but feels a Stomach in full Strength,
Obeys, with Joy, the Bell's harmonious Call,
Nor cares a Rush for Peter, nor for Paul.
| Churchill defended, a poem | |