News from both Universities Containing I. Mr. Cobb's Tripos Speech at Cambridge, with a Complete key inserted. II. The Brawny Priest: Or, the Captivity of the Nose. A Poem |
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[Mr. Tripos pulls a Halter out of his Pocket.]
Now if I must suspended be,
I'll die in merry Company;
For tho' we weep at Friends in String,
Yet you'll all laugh to see me swing.
The Doctors knew it would be my turn
To hang, since Tripos hangs at Tyburn;
But, e'er I fall, I'll make Confession,
I have been in a vile Transgression.
I told you all whatever I knew;
You heard me, and you knew 'twas true.
The walking Doctor I did worry,
I beg his Pardon, and am sorry,
And since 'tis Custom, e'er we die,
To leave our Friend's a Legacy,
My Wit I leave, 'tis small, I grant it,
To Doctors, and to those that want it;
And to the Beaus, as 'tis my Duty,
I'll leave my Dressing and my Beauty.
But now I hear my fatal Knell,
And so I take my last Farewell.
Now if I must suspended be,
I'll die in merry Company;
For tho' we weep at Friends in String,
Yet you'll all laugh to see me swing.
The Doctors knew it would be my turn
To hang, since Tripos hangs at Tyburn;
But, e'er I fall, I'll make Confession,
I have been in a vile Transgression.
I told you all whatever I knew;
You heard me, and you knew 'twas true.
The walking Doctor I did worry,
I beg his Pardon, and am sorry,
And since 'tis Custom, e'er we die,
To leave our Friend's a Legacy,
My Wit I leave, 'tis small, I grant it,
To Doctors, and to those that want it;
And to the Beaus, as 'tis my Duty,
I'll leave my Dressing and my Beauty.
But now I hear my fatal Knell,
And so I take my last Farewell.
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