A collection of poems on Several Occasions Publish'd in the Craftsman. By Caleb D'Anvers of Gray's Inn, Esq [i.e. Nicholas Amhurst] |
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To Caleb D'Anvers, Esq;
ON THE TREATY Lately Concluded at SEVILLE.
Thou perverse, adverse, Caleb D' Anvers,Were I a Poet, to command Verse,
With Satire, would I so ha-rass you,
That you should hang your self, you Ass you;
Pen ne'er should stop, nor Tongue e'er faulter,
'Till I had brought thee to a Halter,
And got thy Head fix'd on a tall Pole,
For what you've wrote, 'gainst Mr. W---;
W--- so famous in all Nations,
For steady, wise Negotiations;
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Call'd de la grand Bretagne Viceroy, Sir;
By Hollanders, and many more Folk,
Call'd Hogan Mogan Heer van Norfolk;
Swedes raise him up to God knows what, Sir;
Danes term him Groota Potentate, Sir,
And to be plain, all Europe over
He's known as well, as in H*v*r;
Yet t'other Day, you had the Face, Sir,
Plainly to call him Robin Brass, Sir.
Will you ne'er leave your usual Tricks, Sir,
Of kicking 'gainst sharp-pointed Pricks, Sir?
As you stood up for Gibraltar, Sir,
And rail'd against our peaceful War, Sir,
Will you go on and never cease, Sir,
But dare to blame our warlike Peace, Sir,
Must I at length be forc'd to go, Sir,
To see you as I did Defoe, Sir,
Or Mist, that Brother of Perdition,
In Pillory for base Sedition?
No, Pillory's too good for Fellows
Who 'stead of Pensions chuse the Gallows.
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Than all thy Tribe I like Thee better;
And if you'll but take my Advice, Sir,
I'll do your Business in a Trice, Sir,
In any Thing you may command me,
With W--- I'm as great as can be.
As t'other Day we play'd at Drafts, Man,
He bid Horatio read your Craftsman;
And smiling said, it was a Pity
The Man was blind and yet so witty;
Therefore, I'll tell you, what I want, Sir,
Is straightway that you wou'd recant, Sir,
And that you'd turn your Wit and Satire
To other Subjects, other Matter;
Cry W--- up in Verse and Prose, Sir,
Flatter his Friends, revile his Foes, Sir,
Extol his Peace, and Observations
On his own great Administrations,
Turn Coat, Pen, Tongue; in short be wise, Sir,
Praise Gothick Schemes and French Allies, Sir,
And write (what yet was ne'er done) Answers
To your own Works, sign'd Caleb D' Anvers.
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