The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot] ... With a Copious Index. To which is prefixed Some Account of his Life. In Four Volumes |
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A thousand themes for canvass I could name,
To give the artist beef and fame:
Lo! Hodsell in his country seat so fine,
Where, 'midst his tulips, grin stone apes with parrots,
Where Neptune foams along a bed of carrots,
Instead of cleaving through his native brine.
To give the artist beef and fame:
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Where, 'midst his tulips, grin stone apes with parrots,
Where Neptune foams along a bed of carrots,
Instead of cleaving through his native brine.
Where Phœbus strikes to cabbages his strings,
Where love o'er garlic waves his purple wings,
Where Mars to vanquish beets heroic leans:
And, arm'd with lightnings, with terrific eyes,
The great and mighty Ruler of the skies,
Sublimely thunders through a bed of beans;
Where love o'er garlic waves his purple wings,
Where Mars to vanquish beets heroic leans:
And, arm'd with lightnings, with terrific eyes,
The great and mighty Ruler of the skies,
Sublimely thunders through a bed of beans;
Close by whose side the haymakers are mating,
And Dutchmen to their knees in onions skaiting.
And Dutchmen to their knees in onions skaiting.
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