Scripscrapologia or, Collins's Doggerel Dish Of All Sorts. Consisting of Songs Adapted to familiar Tunes, And which may be sung without the Chaunterpipe of an Italian Warbler, or the ravishing Accompaniments of Tweedle-Dum or Tweedle-Dee. Particularly those which have been most applauded in the author's once popular performance, call'd, The Brush. The Gallimaufry garnished with a variety of comic tales, quaint epigrams, whimsical epitaphs, &c. &c. [by John Collins] |
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EXTEMPORARY STANZAS,
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EXTEMPORARY STANZAS,
On seeing the inimitable Copper Coin of Mr. Boulton's Mint, at Soho.
When Bacchus to Midas a patent bequeath'd,
(For so by the Poets we're told,)
For turning, as long as on earth here he breath'd,
Whatsoever he touch'd, into gold;
(For so by the Poets we're told,)
For turning, as long as on earth here he breath'd,
Whatsoever he touch'd, into gold;
No licence he gave to the Phrygian Old Drone,
On the bullion a Stamp to bestow;
But the hoard a dead heap to the muckworm was grown,
As no doit of it current would go.
On the bullion a Stamp to bestow;
But the hoard a dead heap to the muckworm was grown,
As no doit of it current would go.
But had Bacchus to Bolton imparted the power,
To 'ply the philosopher's stone;
That grant, though confin'd to the lapse of an hour,
Had honor'd his Thyrsus and Throne!
To 'ply the philosopher's stone;
That grant, though confin'd to the lapse of an hour,
Had honor'd his Thyrsus and Throne!
For the bright rosy God had been blazon'd in gold,
In such rare combination and form,
As his brethren above might with envy behold,
And with jealous emotions grow warm.
In such rare combination and form,
As his brethren above might with envy behold,
And with jealous emotions grow warm.
Each exclaiming—“Who dares thus our likenesses ape,
“In such guise as may copies be reckon'd,
“And Gods thus epitomize, ought not to 'scape,
“But be deem'd a Prometheus the Second!”
“In such guise as may copies be reckon'd,
“And Gods thus epitomize, ought not to 'scape,
“But be deem'd a Prometheus the Second!”
And yet if desert should be paid in due Coin;
Modern works, which the ancients surpass,
The Gods, in full synod, should lib'rally join,
To applaud, though on Copper or Brass.
Modern works, which the ancients surpass,
The Gods, in full synod, should lib'rally join,
To applaud, though on Copper or Brass.
And when, like Celestials, with justice they aim,
To discharge debts of honor below;—
To give merit, both current and sterling, its claim,
'Twine a wreath for the Man of Soho.”
To discharge debts of honor below;—
To give merit, both current and sterling, its claim,
'Twine a wreath for the Man of Soho.”
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