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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 | The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot] |  |
PETER's APOLOGY.
Ladies, I keep a rhime-shop—mine's a trade;
I sell to old and young, to man and maid:
All customers must be oblig'd; and no man
Wishes more universally to please;
I'd really crawl upon my hands and knees,
T'oblige—particularly lovely woman.
I sell to old and young, to man and maid:
All customers must be oblig'd; and no man
Wishes more universally to please;
I'd really crawl upon my hands and knees,
T'oblige—particularly lovely woman.
Yet some (the Devil take such virtuous times),
Fastidious, pick a quarrel with my rhimes,
And beg I'd only deal in love-sick sonnet—
How easy to bid others cease to feed!
On beauty I can quickly die indeed,
But, trust me, can't live long upon it.
Fastidious, pick a quarrel with my rhimes,
And beg I'd only deal in love-sick sonnet—
How easy to bid others cease to feed!
On beauty I can quickly die indeed,
But, trust me, can't live long upon it.
If there is not a deal of impudent double entendre in this sonnet, I do not know what purity meaneth —sweetly wrapped up, indeed, 'Squire Pindar!
Instead of a formal commentary on every composition, I shall make short work with them, by giving them their true character in a few words, as for example:
Impudence, egotism, and conceit.
| The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot] | |