Poems, moral and descriptive By the late Richard Jago ... (Prepared for the press, and improved by the author, before his death.) To which is added, some account of the life and writings of Mr. Jago |
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The MISTAKE.
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The MISTAKE.
ON CAPTAIN BLUFF. 1750.
Says a Gosling, almost frighten'd out of her wits,Help mother, or else I shall go into fits.
I have had such a fright, I shall never recover,
O! that Hawke, that you've told us of over and over.
See, there, where he sits, with his terrible face,
And his coat how it glitters all over with lace.
With his sharp hooked nose, and his sword at his heel,
How my heart it goes pit-a-pat, pray, mother, feel.
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Those looks are as harmless as mine are, my child.
And as for his sword there, so bright, and so nice,
I'll be sworn 'twill hurt nothing besides frogs, and mice.
Nay, prithee don't hang so about me, let loose,
I tell thee he dares not say—bo to a Goose.
In short there is not a more innocent fowl,
Why, instead of a Hawke, look ye, child, 'tis an Owl.
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