The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM LV.
[John Bull, 'tis said, and 'tis most truly said]
QUALIS AB INCEPTO.
John Bull, 'tis said, and 'tis most truly said,
Has evermore a windmill in his head:
Which still, as fashions, factions, fancies sway,
With every puff, is whiffled every way.
Yet all his changes no amendment note;
They're different trimmings to the same fool's coat.
In each fantastick turn, John Bull you read:
—Should John grow wiser, 'twould be change indeed!
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