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Answer to the Female Phaeton.
As Almoner in Holy Week
Dealing good George's Cloth and bread
Sends forth his Officers to seek
The People who stand most in need.
Dealing good George's Cloth and bread
Sends forth his Officers to seek
The People who stand most in need.
So Thou director great in Wit
Amongst Us Authors rule'st the roast
Distributing as Thou think'st fit
To those that seem to want the most
Amongst Us Authors rule'st the roast
Distributing as Thou think'st fit
To those that seem to want the most
Thou didst to me a Bard half starv'd
A plenteous Dole of Fame provide
And gav'st Me what I n'er deserv'd
Something of Phaeton and Hyde.
A plenteous Dole of Fame provide
And gav'st Me what I n'er deserv'd
Something of Phaeton and Hyde.
Respect and Memory O look back
Recall the beauteous Mothers Youth
Curl thou hast put me on the Wrack
And now believe I tell thee truth
Recall the beauteous Mothers Youth
Curl thou hast put me on the Wrack
And now believe I tell thee truth
That bright great good Nymph such I found
Such! how? durst I? cou'd Kneller tell:
How many Years hid I the Wound
Which forc'd by Curl I now reveal!
Such! how? durst I? cou'd Kneller tell:
How many Years hid I the Wound
Which forc'd by Curl I now reveal!
The Mothers beauties as I lov'd
And thought She rul'd by Right Divine
I saw the Daughters Charms improv'd
I courted — in the Legal Line
And thought She rul'd by Right Divine
I saw the Daughters Charms improv'd
I courted — in the Legal Line
When I saw J*** what can they mean
Said I that e'er can think of Kitty
As Kath'arine grew and pleas'd my view
Poor Charlotte I beheld with pitty
Said I that e'er can think of Kitty
As Kath'arine grew and pleas'd my view
Poor Charlotte I beheld with pitty
Next Charlotte comes and on They run
Like Banco's offspring in Mackbeth
All to the Rebells of their Throne
Denouncing Anger wrath and Death
Like Banco's offspring in Mackbeth
All to the Rebells of their Throne
Denouncing Anger wrath and Death
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If beauteous Hyde can thus supply
Her everlasting Store of Darts
Come on I cry'd we all must dye
Tho every Man had twenty Hearts
Her everlasting Store of Darts
Come on I cry'd we all must dye
Tho every Man had twenty Hearts
What e'er may to my charge be laid
In public Prints or Secret Whispers
I'll tell thee all I ever said
Of Jinny or her beauteous Sisters.
In public Prints or Secret Whispers
I'll tell thee all I ever said
Of Jinny or her beauteous Sisters.
In these I [OMITTED] the Graces three
All beautifull all like their Mother
And Each the reigning Toast shal be
Why? because Each is likest t' Other
All beautifull all like their Mother
And Each the reigning Toast shal be
Why? because Each is likest t' Other
If You three Sister Roses view
From that which is the fullest blown
The beauties of the other Two
Without much forecast may be known
From that which is the fullest blown
The beauties of the other Two
Without much forecast may be known
Soft April, blooming May, bright J[u]ne
Do each in diff'rent Charms appear
Yet with succeeding Pleasures crown
The Joys and Honors of the Year
Do each in diff'rent Charms appear
Yet with succeeding Pleasures crown
The Joys and Honors of the Year
But Phaeton or Kittys Act
Has set our Amorous World on fire
If Similes are not quite exact
Why must they needs be made by Prior?
Has set our Amorous World on fire
If Similes are not quite exact
Why must they needs be made by Prior?
Alas By adding to my fame
Oh gentle Curl, thou hast undone me
Making me richer than I am
Thou draws't my Creditors upon Me
Oh gentle Curl, thou hast undone me
Making me richer than I am
Thou draws't my Creditors upon Me
From Blanket and Purgation free,
Thou long shal't live and we'el be friends,
Put out my Name & We'el agree
Make me at least this smal Amends.
Thou long shal't live and we'el be friends,
Put out my Name & We'el agree
Make me at least this smal Amends.
Then Curl for Mine and for Truths Sake
They righteous Printing Press employ
To prove I never did mistake
A Lady for a Boy.
They righteous Printing Press employ
To prove I never did mistake
A Lady for a Boy.
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