The works of Allan Ramsay edited by Burns Martin ... and John W. Oliver [... and Alexander M. Kinghorn ... and Alexander Law] |
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The Quadruple Alliance.
Swift
, Sandy, Young, and Gay,
Are still my heart's delight,
I sing their sangs by day,
And read their tales at night.
If frae their books I be,
'Tis dullness then with me;
But when these stars appear,
Jokes, smiles and wit shine clear.
Are still my heart's delight,
I sing their sangs by day,
And read their tales at night.
If frae their books I be,
'Tis dullness then with me;
But when these stars appear,
Jokes, smiles and wit shine clear.
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Swift with uncommon stile,
And wit that flows with ease,
Instructs us with a smile,
And never fails to please.
Bright Sandy gladly sings
Of heroes, Gods, and kings:
He well deserves the bays,
And every Briton's praise.
And wit that flows with ease,
Instructs us with a smile,
And never fails to please.
Bright Sandy gladly sings
Of heroes, Gods, and kings:
He well deserves the bays,
And every Briton's praise.
While thus our Homer shines:
Young with Horacian flame,
Corrects these false designs
We push in love of fame.
Blyth Gay in pawky strains,
Makes villains clowns and swains
Reprove, with biting leer,
Those in a higher sphere.
Young with Horacian flame,
Corrects these false designs
We push in love of fame.
Blyth Gay in pawky strains,
Makes villains clowns and swains
Reprove, with biting leer,
Those in a higher sphere.
Swift, Sandy, Young, and Gay,
Long may you give delight;
Let all the dunces bray,
You're far above their spite:
Such, from a malice sour,
Write nonsense, lame and poor,
Which never can succeed,
For, who the trash will read?
Long may you give delight;
Let all the dunces bray,
You're far above their spite:
Such, from a malice sour,
Write nonsense, lame and poor,
Which never can succeed,
For, who the trash will read?
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